The Hobbyhorse: All the Rage in 1819

ByCaroline Warfield
Isaac Cruikshank, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

 

But much mocked

British Cartoon Prints Collection, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

And even opposed by the respectable and upright

A veterinary surgeon and a blacksmith attacking dandies on bicycles; representing the anti-bicycle movement. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1819.
1819 By: Charles WilliamsPublished: 1819
Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Credit: Wellcome Library, London.

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