St James's in October... mb-code 42-17306881 looks out of the picture

looks out of the picture in a knowing way at the viewer

1958 Bedford CA van delivering the Evening Standard

A ladies' race fails to get under way as the female riders cannot stop gossiping

Boats travel along the River Thames whilst some are moored on the south bank of the river

lightly curled

St James's in October... mb-code 42-17306881 looks out of the picture'St James's in October. The King at Hanover. MDCCL (7 months absent)', 1750. Possibly a satirical criticism of King George II's prolonged absence in his home country. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century With over two hundred illustrations by George Paston (pseudonym of Emily Morse Symonds], (London, 1905).