File:1799-pinup-print-archers-Adam-Buck-unbound-hair.jpg
Summary
"Archers", an April 1799 "pin-up" type print, engraved after a drawing by Adam Buck, and with a dedication to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_IV_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="extiw" title="en:George IV of the United Kingdom">Prince Regent</a>. At the time, archery was one of the few competitive sports that adult women of the "genteel" classes could respectably engage in (others were battledore/shuttlecock -- a precursor to badminton -- and for a tiny social elite, old-fashioned "court tennis").
For discussion of ca. 1800 "pin-up" prints, see image description page <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1800-jumprope-pinup-Sophia-Western.jpg" title="File:1800-jumprope-pinup-Sophia-Western.jpg">Image:1800-jumprope-pinup-Sophia-Western.jpg</a> .
What might not be obvious from a 21st-century point of view is that in 1799 the loosely-flowing unbound hair of the two ladies on the left would have been somewhat titillating in the eyes of the males of the day. At the time, grown-up women did not leave their hair completely free-flowing in public (but generally covered, ornamented, or confined their hair in some way, usually binding it up in back), so that unbound hair had a sexual charge because it was associated with the intimacy or privacy of the boudoir.
For a more sober depiction of women archers, see <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1823_Royal_British_Bowmen_archery_club.jpg" title="File:1823 Royal British Bowmen archery club.jpg">File:1823 Royal British Bowmen archery club.jpg</a>.
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| current | 08:34, 5 January 2017 | | 751 × 1,015 (255 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | <p>"Archers", an April 1799 "pin-up" type print, engraved after a drawing by Adam Buck, and with a dedication to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_IV_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="extiw" title="en:George IV of the United Kingdom">Prince Regent</a>. At the time, archery was one of the few competitive sports that adult women of the "genteel" classes could respectably engage in (others were battledore/shuttlecock -- a precursor to badminton -- and for a tiny social elite, old-fashioned "court tennis"). </p> <p>For discussion of ca. 1800 "pin-up" prints, see image description page <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1800-jumprope-pinup-Sophia-Western.jpg" title="File:1800-jumprope-pinup-Sophia-Western.jpg">Image:1800-jumprope-pinup-Sophia-Western.jpg</a> . </p> <p>What might not be obvious from a 21st-century point of view is that in 1799 the loosely-flowing unbound hair of the two ladies on the left would have been somewhat titillating in the eyes of the males of the day. At the time, grown-up women did not leave their hair completely free-flowing in public (but generally covered, ornamented, or confined their hair in some way, usually binding it up in back), so that unbound hair had a sexual charge because it was associated with the intimacy or privacy of the boudoir. </p> <p>For a more sober depiction of women archers, see <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1823_Royal_British_Bowmen_archery_club.jpg" title="File:1823 Royal British Bowmen archery club.jpg">File:1823 Royal British Bowmen archery club.jpg</a>. </p> |
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