A promenade in one of the London parks. The 'Monstrosities' of the two periods stare at each other in amazement. The earlier ones are taken from prints of the period, namely, the 1785-6 vogue for projecting busts, inflated derrieres, and gigantic hats and muffs. The lady on the extreme left is taken from BM Satires 7107; a modern dandy, arm-in-arm with a Life Guards officer, stares rudely, putting his cane under the brim of her hat. A macaroni of c. 1773 walks mincingly to the left. The centre group are moderns, two men and two women. Behind them are the three ladies with enormous busts from BM Satires 7112. On the right a lady in a vast hooped petticoat is copied in reverse from the centre figure of BM Satires 6720 (1784), a park scene by Rowlandson after Repton. An extremely vulgar dandy, with his hands in his trouser pockets, who stares at her is adapted from a prominent figure in BM Satires 14438. On the extreme right is Gillray's lady in back view from BM Satires 6133 (1782). There are other figures, ancient and modern.  1 January 1823
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<p>Print made by: George Cruikshank
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<dl><dd>Published by: George Humphrey</dd></dl></div>
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