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Social satire on female differing taste published in #London on December 24th 1794 - one lady sits on a wooden chair, dressed simply with a bonnet tied with a ribbon round her chin & holding a letter, & the other on a sofa, more fashionably dressed, with jewellery & holds a fan.
A fairly timeless image of a man out walking with a hat and stick, published in #London December 23rd 1773
A French satire of the English in #Paris published 23rd December 1814. Good job that #Napoleon's defeat has re-ignited the tourism industry once and for all
(Oh, wait!)
Remember that #Xmas is a time for family - which can include the painful coffin-dodgers who may intrude on your peace and serenity - such as this bloke polluting a gathering in #London, December 20th 1795
#HappyChristmas
Local peasants have a chuckle at some aristocratic types trying to 'get down with the people'and buy a few melons from a stall in #Paris, December 1820
Looking down Fish Street towards #London Bridge, with the Monument and the Church of St Magnus the Martyr on the left, March 1798
The next big thing in ladies fashions, #London November 1829: A satire on the first appearance of the long fur boa, a fashion which survived until the 1880s
Parsons enjoying riding their parishioners around the village in preparation for the run-in to #Christmas; with one particularly pervy man already opening his 'presents' - published in #London November 29th 1796
'Satisfaction' - Mick Jagger's first girlfriend lying down on a sofa, leaning her head on her hand; #London November 1829
Not forgetting the ladies in their fancy carriages also enjoying this autumnal afternoon in Hyde Park, #London November 24 1824