Sujet

Striking A Match, drawn by S. G. M'Cutcheon, 1883. Creator: T. S. Bayley.

Légende

Striking A Match, drawn by S. O. M'Cutcheon, 1883. 'The passion of youthful love has been compared to a "flame," by at least five hundred thousand poets of all ages and nations. The process of kindling this sentiment may well, by a corresponding metaphor, be likened to that of..."striking a match."...It is allowed that some young women, for good reasons of their own, may occasionally behave with capricious arrogance to their devoted adorers, but men no longer complain of being "killed" by treatment of this sort...The young couple whose confiding attitude is delineated by our Artist seem to be in this enviable predicament of being on the fondest terms with one another. She is a frank, good-natured girl who really loves Mr. Jack, and does not mean to lose his affections, knowing as she does that he will not trifle with hers. She rather likes the scent of a whiff of good tobacco in the open air of the park; and so we see her condescend to hold his hat beneath a sheltering beech-tree, and let him dexterously "strike a match"...that his pipe may be conveniently lighted...the harmless indulgence that she permits him...is a proof of her good sense; and he is more than ever persuaded that she will be an excellent wife'. From "Illustrated London News", 1883.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM25A50_451

Model release

NA

Property release

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Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

48,7Mo (7,1Mo) / 30,5cm x 40,0cm / 3607 x 4723 (300dpi)

Mots clés

nature leisure tree season female women woman people male man men romance plant plants arts pipe femininity art guy romantic clothes British oak tree lighting smoking dress Victorian century Britain coat coats match habit matches newspapers press clothing feminine print masculinity concept ice skating ice skates matchbox smoker ice skate pastime APPAREL B&W macho stereotype gender quercus engraved engraving demure wintry ice-skating 19th century black & white black and white B W romancing machismo tobacco pipe nineteenth century trees match box The Print Collector Illustrated London News stereotyping wood engraving ILN winter newspaper container gender role 19th-century lighting pipe clothing & dress fashion & clothing The Illustrated London News T. S. Bayley Bayley T. S. box of matches S. G. McCutcheon McCutcheon S. G. S. G. M'Cutcheon M'Cutcheon S. G.