Monday, June 28, 2010

Frederick Barnard 'The Guards Band in the Park'


Illustrated London News
11 June 1870

2 comments:

Hels said...

Super drawing: BIG band and lots of hangers-on. Those children look neglected, so it is not surprising that Dickens wanted Barnard to illustrate some of his work.

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Hermes said...

Neglected certainly - but they look happy. Its amazing to me how children can make something out of so little. I wonder if a lot of modern children are so different - better clothes certainly but left for hours in front of their xbox / tv and fed from McDonalds.