When’er I see your Peg-top Pantaloons,

Anon

When’er I see your Peg-top Pantaloons,

London, Dean and Son ca 1835

Lithograph

Original hand colouring

210 x 140 mm

£120

A satire on the fashion of the day.

A fashionably dressed man is walking down the strret wearing very wide trousers tapering in tight to his ankles. His jacket is unbuttoned from the top showing his decorated waistcoat and watch chain, his hands are in his trouser pockets. He has a very long neck and rears a top hat, his expression is of disdain. Just behind him a young boy stands with his spinning top, looking up at the man.

The title continues;

I always think some boy with string and spoon

Would like to wind you up and spin you

Now Sir, I mean to offer no offence

But seriously appeal to your good sense

If  you indeed have such a thing within you