Caricature History: The Dandies Ball (1819)
“The dandies’ ball, or, High life in the city”, illustrated by Robert Cruikshank, was published by Mr. Marshall in 1819 during the height of the dandy craze. It was sold as a children’s book,... The...
View ArticleGeorge & Isaac Cruikshank’s Caricatures on Dandyism
Caricatures on dandyism have abounded during the heyday of dandyism from 1818 up to the early 1820s. The most notable ones were drawn by the brothers George and Robert Cruikshank. The more famous of......
View ArticleCaricature History: The Dandies Coat of Arms
George Cruikshank’s caricature “The Dandies Coat of Arms” (1819) displays the elements that form the essence of dandyism, if understood as supremacy in fashion. The dandy is presented as a lifeless...
View ArticleHot Weather
The Dandies complain much of the hot weather; they say it prevents the whiskers sticking to their cheeks. They complain also that it makes their stays uncomfortable. Source: „Chit Chat“, The...
View ArticleCaricature History: Comparative Anatomy of the Dandy Tribe
Isaac Robert Cruikshank (like his more famous brother George) is the illustrator of a variety of caricatures on dandyism, most of which were issued in 1818, the year in which the dandy craze reached...
View ArticleDandyism in 1814
One of the few references to dandyism in 1814 is to be found in Horace Twiss’s (1787-1849) poem „Fashion“, published in his „Posthumous Parodies and other Pieces“. Haste thee, nymph, and bring with...
View ArticleModen à la Girafe
Der französische Karikaturist Cham (Amédée de Noé, 1818 – 1879) dokumentiert in seiner Illustration “Coiffure à la Girafe” eine eigentümliche Mode der letzten Jahre der Dekade der 1820er. Die...
View ArticleDie Vision eines Diners à la Barmecide*
Der berühmte Koch Louis Eustache Ude, der eine Zeitlang bei dem Gourmet Lord Sefton in Diensten stand – ein Dandy, der stets ein Aprikosentörtchen auf seiner Anrichte stehen hatte, widmete diesem eine...
View ArticleEine Wette – Genuss und Spiel
Im Folgenden eine Anekdote aus dem Jahre 1850, die zeigt, auf welch unmoralische Mittel ein Dandy zurückzugreifen vermag, um zu einem kostenlosen Mahl mit ausreichend Champagner zu kommen. Welcher...
View ArticleCafé de Paris
Das Café de Paris, dem Club des Artistes gegenüber, an der Ecke zwischen der rue Taitbout und dem Boulevard gelegen, war 1822 von Angilbert gegründet worden. Es öffnete seine Salons für die modischen...
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