THE FAIR

BY J. HODGSON LOBLEY

The black-and-white image is in portrait orientation and is tipped in on the center of the page. The image depicts an outdoor scene in which a crowd of people is moving in procession from right to left. In the extreme foreground, near the bottom right corner, a young girl with her hair tied back in a bow walks forward, holding out the bottom of her apron in curtsy position. Immediately behind her are a man and woman, who turn to each other to converse. The man is dressed in a Renaissance-style doublet and leggings, wears a turban or rounded crown made of fabric, and carries a baton or pace. The woman to his right wears a long, light-coloured dress covered by a heart-stamped apron and a feathered turban or hat; she is also carrying a baton or pace stick. Behind this couple, a jester brandishing loops of bells in each hand is elevated on a barrel. Behind the jester, there are two men on stilts wearing tall, rounded hats; behind them is a large crowd of people, dancing. There are tall trees in the right background and a hilled landscape in the far distance behind the crowd. There are two birds in the sky to the left of the jester. There is a small inscription “JHL 1904” on the bottom left corner of the image.

MLA citation:

Lobley, J. Hodgson. “The Fair.” The Venture: an Annual of Art and Literature, vol. 2, 1905, p. 167. Venture Digital Edition, edited by Lorraine Janzen Kooistra, 2019-2022. Yellow Nineties 2.0, Toronto Metropolitan University Centre for Digital Humanities, 2022, https://1890s.ca/vv2-lobley-fair

magazine_images The Venture 2 The Fair J. Hodgson Lobley 1905 Pen and Ink Illustration Rembrandt Intaglio Co England Crown, Trees, and Stilts Human Figure, Female Figure/ Woman, Male Figure/ Man, Child Figure, Dancer, Clothing, Dress, Robe, Bonnet, Crown, Jester, Crowd, and Hats Early renaissance Day, Outdoor setting, Outside, Landscape, Mountain/hill, Trees, Hills, and Birds