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vice is the spice of life
Prim and proper? Hardly. But, it was jolly old England. Refreshingly, they were not politically correct. The PC Nazi/Yuppie was in an idyllic, and mythological future. It really began with William Hogarth. Hogarth was the first of these new artists … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Pope, charles churchill, Charles Dickens, england 1784 election, George Cruickshank, George Romney, henry william bunbury, Honore Daumier, hoppner, Isaac Cruickshank, James Gillray, Jane Austen, John Locke, Jonathan Swift, Joshua Reynolds, pierce egan, Thomas Gainsborough, Thomas Rowlandson, Victorian England, william dent, William Hogarth, william wells
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MOCKERY, MACARONIS & MAYHEM
”He on all occasions professes a detestation of what he calls ”can’t”; says it will banish from England all that is pure and good; and that while people are looking after the shadow, they lose the substance of the goodness; … Continue reading
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Tagged British caricature, Byron, Charles Dickens, Charles Philipon, Daumier, Dickens Sketches by Boz, Eliakim Littell, Erhard Schoen, George Cruickshank, George Townshend, Gerald Scarfe, Herbert M. Atherton, Honore Daumier, Horace Walpole, Isaac Cruickshank, James Gillray, Lord Byron, Martin Myrone, Mary Darly, Matthew Darly, Philip Dawe, Pier Leone Ghezzi, Selwyn Briton, Sir Robert Peel, Thomas Rowlandson, William Heath, William Hogarth, William Hone
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SELF RESTRAINT TO SELF INDULGENCE
”If Horace Walpole was right—that the world is a comedy to those who think and a tragedy to those who feel—the English were the most thoughtful people in the world. They were polite and considerate, not pushy or boastful; the … Continue reading
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Tagged Beau Brummel, Beau Nash Bath, Charles Dickens, Duke of Rutland, Emma Hamilton, Fanny Burney, George Cruikshank, Horace Walpole, Isaac Cruickshank, Isaac Cruikshank, Lady Emma Hamilton, Lady Huntingdon, Lord Chesterfield, Lord Dartmouth, Samuel Johnson, Samuel Pepys, Samuel Shellabager, Theodore Dalrymple, Thomas Gainsborough, Tony Mayer
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