Birds-Eye Views of Modern Society, reprinted from the Cornhill Magazine
16 plates after Richard Doyle, published in the Cornhill Magazine in 1861 and 1862. Cardboard covers, with printed paper title, red cloth spine.
1: "At Home. Small and Early" Refreshments.
2: A Juvenile Party.
3: A Morning Party. Shewing the Nobility and Genry playing the Fashionable Game of the Period.
4: "A State Party."
5: A County Ball.
6: Bazaar and Fancy Fair.
7: The Picture Sale.
8: At the Sea-side.
9: A Popular Entertainment.
10: Dinner down the River.
11: Belgravia out of Doors.
12: After Dinner.
13: Rotten Row in the Season.
14: At Home:–Music. And what makes it the more gratifying is that the Chorus is composed exclusively of Amateurs.
15: Science and Art Conversazione.
16: The Smoking Room at the Club.
1: "At Home. Small and Early" Refreshments.
2: A Juvenile Party.
3: A Morning Party. Shewing the Nobility and Genry playing the Fashionable Game of the Period.
4: "A State Party."
5: A County Ball.
6: Bazaar and Fancy Fair.
7: The Picture Sale.
8: At the Sea-side.
9: A Popular Entertainment.
10: Dinner down the River.
11: Belgravia out of Doors.
12: After Dinner.
13: Rotten Row in the Season.
14: At Home:–Music. And what makes it the more gratifying is that the Chorus is composed exclusively of Amateurs.
15: Science and Art Conversazione.
16: The Smoking Room at the Club.
Artwork Details
- Title: Birds-Eye Views of Modern Society, reprinted from the Cornhill Magazine
- Artist: After Richard Doyle (British, London 1824–1883 London)
- Engraver: Dalziel Brothers (British, active 1839–93)
- Date: [1864]
- Medium: Electroplates of wood engravings
- Dimensions: 8 7/8 × 13 × 3/16 in. (22.5 × 33 × 0.5 cm)
- Classifications: Albums, Prints
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
- Object Number: 17.3.2641-11
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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