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OBJECT TYPE: engraving/caricature/bicycle/Hobbyhorse
DATE: 1819
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1987.1519.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: UPSETTING THE ROYAL HOBBIES
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: PAPER

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 33.5 cm
Width: 22.9 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Non-motorized Ground Transportation
Category: Cycles & cycling
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: REFLECTS THE HISTORICAL SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE & THE POPULARITY OF CYCLING IN CANADA & INTERNATIONALLY/ ALSO IS A PART OF CANADA'S LARGEST & MOST IMPORTANT CYCLE COLLECTION
Function: SATIRICAL & DECORATIVE
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: MAIN CAPTION: 'A Mad Bull[EXCLAMATION] or upsetting the Royal Hobbies[EXCLAMATION]'/ CAPTIONS WITHIN THE PICTURE (FROM GEORGE IV) 'Curse the Bull[EXCLAMATION] he's upset me at last[EXCLAMATION] - he's provok'd at/ seeing so many New hobbies - Nothing but ill luck, now/ I'm run foul intoRichmond[EXCLAMATION] I suppose I must give up Riding [?]/ and Driving these strange things as I feel I am not/ strong enough to stand it[EXCLAMATION]'/ (FROM DUKE 'D--n him he's always at me whenever he sees me or any thing that/ belong'd tome, Even my Clarke could not Escape[EXCLAMATION] Now I suppose/ he's angry at the load I am carrying away'/ AT BOTTOM 'LONDON PUB. BY SIDEBETHEM 287 STRAND 1819'
Missing: N/A
Finish: BORDER IS YELLOWED & DIRTY IN PLACES, PICTURE IN COLOUR
Decoration: PICTURE OF MAN & WOMAN (PRESUMABLY GEORGE IV & CAROLINE) WHO HAVE FALLEN ON GROUND, WITH HOBBYHORSES IN BACKGROUND & BULL CHARGING AT THEM/ BEHIND THIS IS MILITARY FIGURE (DUKE OF WELLINGTON?) ALSO HAVING BEEN APPARENTLY KNOCKED OFF HIS HOBBYHORSE

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Unknown Manufacturer, Print, 1819, Artifact no. 1987.1519, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1987.1519.001/

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