File:Strechit ca1800-1810 non-sidesaddle sailor caricature.jpg
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"An Enquiry after Stretchit in Gloucestershire, or the Sailor's Reply", an innuendo-laden English caricature of ca. the first decade of the nineteenth century, which comments on a few young women who were daring enough to ride horses astride, rather than sidesaddle (as was considered appropriate for females during the 16th through 19th centuries). Part of the intended humor is supposed to come from the encounter between the genteel (though boldly daring or "fast") young lady and the salty British tar. Dialogue and text in image:
(Note that the signboard is roughly shaped to resemble a hand with a pointing finger, the common directional indicator at the time — see Image:The overthrow of dr. slop.jpg for a more elaborate version — while equivalent modern signage would include an abstract arrow symbol instead.) The main joke was that it was not expected or approved behavior at the time for women to have their legs widely spread apart in public for any reason. (In other words, the sailor is commenting on her manner of riding, rather than the direction she is going; and the pun on the place name "Stretchit" with "to stretch it", implying that riding in such a way would stretch the woman's vagina.) |
| Date | English engraving c. 1800 - 1810. |
| Source | The first upload was scanned from one of the early twentieth century Eduard Fuchs Karikatur books by User:Churchh. Second upload is from UK National Maritime Museum at http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/138542.html . See also https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1935-0522-10-78 for a different 1803 caricature with same theme. |
| Author | Unknown 1800-1810 artist |
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| current | 15:49, 25 February 2014 | | 1,224 × 888 (1.22 MB) | Churchh | larger color image from http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/138542.html |
| 04:06, 18 July 2006 |  | 969 × 656 (313 KB) | Churchh | "Stretchit", an innuendo-laden English caricature of ca. the first decade of the nineteenth century, which comments on a few young women who were daring enough to ride horses astride, rather than sidesaddle (as was considered appropriate for females durin |
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