Title

'The Aristocratic Fate at Cremorne', 1858. Artist: Unknown

Caption

'The Aristocratic Fate at Cremorne', 1858. 'Terrific Descent Amidst Showers of Water-Works'. Here Punch pokes fun at the aristocratic ladies who had arranged a major fete in Cremorne Gardens. Intended to be the social event of the year, sadly the weather took a hand and the rain came down in torrents throughout the day. The lady in the cartoon is walking a social tightrope and represents the 2,000 members of the upper classes who attended the fete and became as wet as if they had been sprayed with watering-cans. Her little crown shows her to be one of the social elite, and despite the conditions, she is dressed in her finest. From Punch, or the London Charivari, July 17, 1858.

Date

1858

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Cartoon Collector

Reference

HRM19A89_009

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53,9Mb (4,7Mb) / 12,3in x 17,0in / 3687 x 5113 (300dpi)

Keywords

weather female women woman people garden clothes wet raining rain dress location century crown lady concept tightrope B&W watering can cartoon MONOCHROME metaphor balancing act 19th century black & white black and white B W aristocracy aristocrat UPPER CLASS hoop skirt nineteenth century Heritage Image Partnership Cremorne Gardens social class satire engraving Unknown engraving satire