George Cruikshank’s London Summer
Tickets are available for my tour this weekend and throughout July.
Click here to book your ticket for THE GENTLE AUTHOR’S TOUR OF SPITALFIELDS
JULY 1838 – Flying Showers in Battersea Fields
Should you ever require it, here is evidence of the constant volatility of English summer weather, courtesy of George Cruikshank’s Comic Almanack published by Henry Tilt of Fleet St annually between 1835 & 1853, illustrating the festivals and seasons of the year for Londoners. (Click on any of these images to enlarge)
JUNE 1835 – At the Royal Academy
JUNE 1836 – Holidays at the Public Offices
JUNE 1837 – Haymaking
JULY 1835 – At Vauxhall Gardens
JULY 1836 – Dog Days in Houndsditch
JULY 1837 – Fancy Fair
AUGUST 1836 – Bathing at Brighton
AUGUST 1837 – Regatta
SEPTEMBER 1835 – Bartholomew Fair
SEPTEMBER 1837 – Cockney Sportsmen
You may also like to take a look at
What wonderful drawings. A terrific sense of humour. The regatta and the o Kent sportsman made me laugh out loud. Thank you
The Royal Academy illustration made me laugh out loud – I loathe going to exhibitions where you can’t get near enough to see anything. And don’t get me started on rude people who walk in front of you when you’re looking at something!