File:1815-kilt-curiosity.gif
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French illustration titled "Le prétexte." A humorous caricature depicting Scottish soldiers, wearing kilts, leaning forward to inspect items for sale. Behind them, two well-dressed Parisian women use the pretext of playing with a child or tying a shoe in order to lean over and peek beneath the soldier's kilts. Caption in scan source (not the original 1815 caricature caption) was Der Vorwand ("the pretext"). |
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circa 1815 date QS:P,+1815-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
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A multicolor version of this caricature was published in "Tartan: Romancing the Plaid" ISBN 978-0-8478-4556-9 p. 88-89; An original is housed at the British Museum [1] |
Author | Published by Aaron Martinet (1762 - 1841) |
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This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer. This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929. | |
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current | 08:10, 11 May 2006 | 742 × 531 (257 KB) | Churchh (talk | contribs) | A humorous caricature depicting Scottish soldiers, wearing kilts, in Continental Europe ca. 1815. Of course, it must be purely a coincidence that both the sitting women at the left have found reasons to bend down and look across at the same moment that t |
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