Description

carrying a basket on her head and a bundle under her arm

the cur - (dog) - being a derogatory description of Curtis

with boats on the water

A crowd has also gathered on the bridge to watch

'Bonnie Willie'

A macarony alderman and his rib Product:Canvas carrying a basket on her'A macarony alderman and his rib', c1770. A fat alderman with an elaborate wig strolls with a woman, presumably his wife, as in the Biblical creation of Eve from Adam's rib. At the time their clothing was seen as being in extravagant continental style, the term macaroni being applied to fops and dandies and to those who emulated continental fashions.

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