Easel Gallery

The Tout - Peter Ronald Buchanan

Mr P. R. G. Buchanan, whose caricatures, mainly of horse racing society, under the pseudonym The Tout were published in The Tatler and The Bystander magazines during the 1920s and 30s. Pictured at work at his easel in 1923 when an exhibition of his drawings was held at the Walker Art Galleries in New Bond Street. Date: 1923

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

An unusual foot race during a horse-racing meet

English gentlemen gambling on an unusual foot race during a horse-racing meet on the Champs de Mars, Paris, 19th century. Stubbs the Yorkshireman is piggybacked on vulgar Cockney grocer John Jorrocks shoulders as they win a 100-yard sprint against the Baron. A crowd of French peasants, soldiers, cheer them on in front of tents. Mr. Jorrocks beats the Baron for speed. Handcoloured steel engraving after an illustration by Henry Thomas Alken from Robert Smith Surtees Jorrocks Jaunts and Jollities, Rudolph Ackermann, London, 1843

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Miss Pastel and her mother

Miss Pastel followed by her mother. A young beauty art student carries brushes, palette and canvas, while her mother in bonnet, shawl and gloves carries a heavy easel and stool. Here is one danger for middle-class parents: Instead of giving her daughter a career, she wants to make her into an artist. Handcoloured engraving from Pierre de la Mesangere's Le Bon Genre, Paris, 1817. Miss Pastel followed by her mother. A young beauty art student carries brushes, palette and canvas, while her mother in bonnet, shawl and gloves carries a heavy easel and stool. Here is one danger for middle-class parents: Instead of giving her daughter a career, she wants to make her into an artist. Handcoloured engraving from Pierre de la Mesangere's Le Bon Genre, Paris, 1817. Date:

© Florilegius/Mary Evans