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| Keywords: 1870-London-season-cartoon.gif The Coming Season an 1870 cartoon satirizing the London social season as printed or reprinted in Harper's Bazaar magazine The main theme is young upper-class women and some not-so-young determined to find a husband during the social events balls etc of the season Vignettes include coming out ; being presented at court; mothers on the hunt for an eligible matrimonial catch for their daughters especially among the scions of nobility; a girl triumphantly throwing aside her books on being promoted from the schoolroom to the ballroom; changing fashions in artificial hair-buns etc Captions in image Depictions of five women Coming out Came out last Season Will conquer or Die Didn't come out yesterday Not shelved yet examining herself critically in mirror Depictions of two mothers The Dowager's Stud Book poring over PEERAGE book listing aristocratic heirs Four girls to commoners the fifth must have a coronet i e of nobility Engines of war beautifying implements A propos de bottes rummaging through drawers big pile of shoes on the floor A royal Salute deep curtsey as one is formally presented to royalty Harper's Bazaar 1870 unknown 1870 artist PD-old-70-1923 1870 cartoons Hair fashion Harper's Bazaar Flirting Curtseys 1870 in London Social history of London | ||||
