Cruikshank’s London Almanack, 1836
In 1836, George Cruikshank drew these ingenious illustrations of the notable seasons and festivals in London for the second year of The Comic Almanack – published annually by Charles Tilt of Fleet St from 1835-53. (Click on any of these images to enlarge)
JANUARY – Hard frost upon the Serpentine
FEBRUARY – Transfer day at the Bank
MARCH – Day and night equal, workers meet party-goers at dawn
APRIL – Easter Monday in Greenwich Park
MAY – Old May Day
JUNE – Holidays at the Public Offices
JULY – Dog Days in Houndsditch
AUGUST – Bathing at Brighton
SEPTEMBER – Moonlight flit on Michaelmas Day
OCTOBER – St Crispin’s Day in Shoe Lane
NOVEMBER – Lord Mayor’s Show in Ludgate Hill
DECEMBER – Boxing Day
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Love the wooden legs in Greenwich Park.
Anyone know what ‘transfer day at the bank’ is? What’s transfer day?
Wonderful illustrations that reveal so much.
Excellent example of the “doorpost chequers” (the classic visual indicator of licensed premises) on the Blue Last in October’s illustration: you can see the same thing in Hogarth’s “Beer Street”.