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The image shows a lively outdoor scene with elegantly dressed individuals. The drawing depicts an outdoor gathering where numerous figures are dressed in 19th-century fashion. The central focus is on the elaborate costumes with voluminous skirts and fine details. In the middle ground, a woman is suspended in mid-air, adding a sense of motion. The background features trees and gentle shading.
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The image shows a lively outdoor scene with elegantly dressed individuals. The drawing depicts an outdoor gathering where numerous figures are dressed in 19th-century fashion. The central focus is on the elaborate costumes with voluminous skirts and fine details. In the middle ground, a woman is suspended in mid-air, adding a sense of motion. The background features trees and gentle shading.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

"Taking the Air" in Hyde Park [verso]

George Cruikshank

Date
1865
Medium
pen and brown ink with brown wash over graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
overall: 24.3 x 32.2 cm (9 9/16 x 12 11/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
1996.5.1.b
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • amusement
  • genre
  • British
  • United Kingdom
  • landscape
  • Park
  • Hyde Park
  • Promenade
Provenance

(sale, London, Sotheby's, 9 November 1995, lot 87); purchased (via Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox) by NGA, 1995.

Inscription

lower center in pen and brown ink: "Taking the Air" in Hyde Park / Fashions of 1865; lower center verso in graphite: -"Crinolina"- and the Consequences.; lower right verso in pen and black ink: Geo Cruikshank.

NGA object ID 93837. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.