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Where You Should Not Dine on Christmas Day - drawn by Leech, 1850. Creator: Unknown
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Where You Should Not Dine on Christmas Day - drawn by Leech, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Where You Should Not Dine on Christmas Day - drawn by Leech, 1850. Illustration to "Cold out of Doors, and Cold In-Doors, or, Tom Smithers's Christmas Day"....in walked Tom, as bold as if he had been an invited guest...Tom's heart sank within him...In spite of lustres, and lamps, and mirrors, and curtains, and sofas...and a roaring fire in the grate...there was a cold, icy chill nipped every look, and cramped every movement of every soul in the room...here was the magnificent Mr. Tipton, whose selfishness was so far narrower than most men's...and frozen Mrs. Tipton, who never betrayed, by a spark in her eye, the presence of any warmth whatever in her heart; the poor girls, who...had subsided into dreary social machines...There was no move to ask Tom to dinner; and he felt grateful for it before he had been ten minutes there'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850
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Where You Should Not Dine on Christmas Day," an 1850 illustration by the renowned English satirical artist John Leech, captures the awkward and unwelcome scene of an uninvited guest, Tom, entering the Tipton household on Christmas Day. The monochromatic drawing, published in the Illustrated London News, portrays the stark contrast between the opulent decor of the drawing room and the icy chill that pervades the room's inhabitants. The magnificent Mr. Tipton, with his narrow-minded selfishness, and his frigid wife, Mrs. Tipton, whose heart betrays no warmth, are seated in the room. The girls, who have become dreary social machines, are also present. Tom, feeling out of place, is grateful for the lack of an invitation to join them for dinner. Despite the room's adornments with lustres, lamps, mirrors, curtains, and sofas, and the roaring fire in the grate, there is a palpable coldness that nips every look and cramps every movement. The engraving, with its intricate details and nuanced expressions, encapsulates the uncomfortable and unwelcome atmosphere of the scene. This illustration, taken from the pages of the Illustrated London News, provides a glimpse into the Victorian era's social norms and the awkwardness of an unwelcome Christmas Day intrusion. The unknown artist's masterful use of black and white tones adds to the drawing's haunting and memorable depiction of the holiday season's unwelcome guests and the discomfort they bring.
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