LADIES BICYCLING CLASS AT ST BRIGID’S
LADIES BICYCLING CLASS AT ST BRIGID’S is an 8x6 limited edition, signed print. The backdrop is part of the original cover typography for Maria E. Ward’s classic “Bicycling for Ladies.”
Its full title is, Bicycling for Ladies: An Illustrated 1896 Manifesto for the Universal Splendors of the Bicycle as an Instrument of Self-Reliance, a Training Machine for Living with Uncertainty, and a Portal to Joy.
Let the haters attack, but I took a different path and made a satirical piece laden with misogyny and hypocrisy. I added a priest, a nun, and two adapted “risque” b&w postcards that are sort of an Italian version of late 1890s French postcards. Oh, and clouds. Always with the clouds. Make of the subtext what you will.
Of cycling Susan B. Anthony said “Let me tell you what I think of bicycling. I think it has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world. I stand and rejoice every time I see a woman ride by on a wheel.”
Speaking of Portals of Joy, Maria E. Ward’s book is still being peddled on Amazon. It is also at Walmarts. Rejoice! #bicycling #cycling #bikeriding #womenandbikes #marieeward #selfreliance #misogny #hypocrisy #feminist #peterjketchum #ketchumart, #printsonartspan #artspan
Its full title is, Bicycling for Ladies: An Illustrated 1896 Manifesto for the Universal Splendors of the Bicycle as an Instrument of Self-Reliance, a Training Machine for Living with Uncertainty, and a Portal to Joy.
Let the haters attack, but I took a different path and made a satirical piece laden with misogyny and hypocrisy. I added a priest, a nun, and two adapted “risque” b&w postcards that are sort of an Italian version of late 1890s French postcards. Oh, and clouds. Always with the clouds. Make of the subtext what you will.
Of cycling Susan B. Anthony said “Let me tell you what I think of bicycling. I think it has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world. I stand and rejoice every time I see a woman ride by on a wheel.”
Speaking of Portals of Joy, Maria E. Ward’s book is still being peddled on Amazon. It is also at Walmarts. Rejoice! #bicycling #cycling #bikeriding #womenandbikes #marieeward #selfreliance #misogny #hypocrisy #feminist #peterjketchum #ketchumart, #printsonartspan #artspan