Keywords: THE CRINOLETTA DISFIGURANS AnOldParasite in aNewForm.png THE CRINOLETTA DISFIGURANS An Old Parasite in a New Form Punch 1881-12-06 Sambourne PD Somewhat abstract 1881 caricature which depicts the early 1880's bustle to hold up a column of flounces down the back of the outside of the dress as a partial resurgence of the pernicious crinoline On the left is Punch's Almanack for 1861 containing a John Leech caricature of women wearing the broad crinolines of the late 1850's and early 1860's Above it is a scroll labelled Hogarth referring to William Hogarth's satirical prints on the hoopskirts of the 1740's In the center is a Venus de Milo statue wearing a crinolette On the column on the right is a woman in a narrow gown aesthetic dress trying to put on or remove a partial back-crinoline or cage bustle labelled Aesthete struggling with fashion after Leighton a reference to Frederic Leighton's sculpture An Athlete Struggling with a Python The cage bustle is likened to the exoskeleton of a parasite PD-old Fashion in 1881 Caricatures of fashion 1881 cartoons Bustle dresses Flounces Punch magazine cartoons Women facing right in art Venus de Milo in art Crinolette |