Conviviality [ Eating & Drinking / Rituals & Ceremonies / Character / Social interaction ]
… Image James Gillray, ‘Anacreontick's in full song’, © National Portrait Gallery, NPG D12773, 1801. Résumé This entry describes … a meeting taking place in Newgate. At the other end of the social spectrum reports of elite balls celebrating Charles James Fox’s victory in the Westminster Election of 1784 make it clear convivial practices, including toasting, irreverent … crowd that convivial political meetings encouraged. 11 Frequent attacks on conviviality appeared in graphic satires by Gillray such as ‘ The loyal toast ‘ , ‘ The Union Club ‘ and ‘ Anacrontick’s In Full Song’, and in parodic poems and …
Community | Conviviality | Hilarity | Politics | Song | Toasting
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