Sujet

'Making decent!! A hint to the society for the suppression of vice...', 1822. Artist: George Cruikshank

Légende

'Making decent!! A hint to the society for the suppression of vice. This print commemorative of Anglo-French brass and true British chastity...', 1822. William Wilberforce standing on the pedestal of the Achilles statue in Hyde Park and holding his top hat over the fig leaf.

Date

1822

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/City of London : The London Archives

Notre référence

HRM19A99_090

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

19,6Mo (1,2Mo) / 19,7cm x 25,0cm / 2328 x 2947 (300dpi)

Mots clés

park London England people male man men hat country statue guy clothes British English color colour dress Westminster location century Britain covering concept shocked embarrassment modesty mythology top hat embarrassed cartoon decency embarrassing shocking offended Hyde Park prudish 19th century Greek mythology nineteenth century reformer City of Westminster Guildhall Library & Art Gallery Achilles anti-slavery TGN William Wilberforce etching caricature satire Frederick William George Cruikshank Wilberforce Frederick Marryat;Marryat Cruikshank George