The Crinoline Scare

The Crinoline Scare

Engraving

Fun 57-58 (1 February 1893): 49.

This arrangement of three rows of related cartoons, which anticipate modern comic strips and graphic novels, is a characteristic Fun page. Here the caption material appears beneath image. Elsewhere captions appear at the foot of the page. — George P. Landow

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Related material

  • Miss Jessie on Crinolines (another Fun series)
  • What women wore — skirs, 1870s — 1890s
  • Victorian undergarments

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