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| Keywords: Strechit ca1800-1810 non-sidesaddle sailor caricature.jpg 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 ;Young lady Pray Sir is this the way to Stretchit ;Signboard caption To Stretchit ˜ž ;Sailor in stereotypical bell-bottoms Shiver my top-sails my Lass if I know a better way 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 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 http //www britishmuseum org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery aspx assetId 965894 objectId 3025557 partId 1 for a different 1803 caricature with same theme English engraving c 1800 - 1810 Unknown 1800-1810 artist PD-old-100-1923 19th-century caricatures 1800s fashion Horsewomen in art Double entendres Stretching Asking the way Fingerposts in Gloucestershire Men wearing bell-bottoms | ||||
