Comments on: Fat Cats In The City, 1824 https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/02/01/fat-cats-in-the-city-1824/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Sat, 02 Feb 2019 19:28:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: sberris https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/02/01/fat-cats-in-the-city-1824/#comment-1256114 Sat, 02 Feb 2019 19:28:17 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=172184#comment-1256114 As well as all the above, I am very taken with Dighton’s high speed squiggles for crosshatched shadows!

]]> By: Greta Kelly https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/02/01/fat-cats-in-the-city-1824/#comment-1255557 Fri, 01 Feb 2019 16:19:20 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=172184#comment-1255557 “Big men with dainty feet.”

Love the detail in the drawings, in particular the footwear, including spats. A great record as to how the “Fat Cats” clothing looked then. A great record for social history.

]]> By: Paul Loften https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/02/01/fat-cats-in-the-city-1824/#comment-1255490 Fri, 01 Feb 2019 13:08:18 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=172184#comment-1255490 What superb talent Richard Dighton possessed. Each character has its own personality. I dont know another way to describe it. If you have ever worked in the City ,in times long past you have seen and perhaps worked with very similar types The workwear and body shape has changed with the times though. I was thereabouts at Holborn during the bustling lunch hour last week and there seemed to be a lot of young men in tight fitting suits looking as though they has just exited the gym.
Thank you for showing us these cartoons they are worth seeing.

]]> By: Helen Breen https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/02/01/fat-cats-in-the-city-1824/#comment-1255473 Fri, 01 Feb 2019 12:24:52 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=172184#comment-1255473 Greetings from Boston,

GA, what a colorful array of characters. This panoply by Richard Dighton provides an array of men’s fashions in 1824 – the waistcoats, hats, breeches, pants, spats, boots etc. These fellows certainly look well fed and satisfied with themselves.

]]> By: Mathilde Grange https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/02/01/fat-cats-in-the-city-1824/#comment-1255410 Fri, 01 Feb 2019 10:17:04 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=172184#comment-1255410 Not much has changed, has it? Great caricatures.

]]> By: Jill Wilson https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/02/01/fat-cats-in-the-city-1824/#comment-1255378 Fri, 01 Feb 2019 09:05:15 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=172184#comment-1255378 Great drawings! I wonder if they are based on real people?

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