Slender Vintage and Historic Cartoons

Small cavalry officers discussing being in the 'heavies'

Artist:
Leech, John
Search ID:
csl5329
High Res:
1455x2164 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
military, size, small, light, cavalry, army, the army, officer, officers, soldier, soldiers, infantry, mounted, riding, heavy, heavies, cavalry officer, cavalry officers, war, wars, small, weedy, slender, lean, weight, weighty, britain, british empire

Two working class men commenting on a slender swell

Artist:
Leech, John
Search ID:
csl6122
High Res:
1821x1847 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
class, classes, aristocrat, aristocratic, aristocrats, gentry, gentleman, gentlemen, working class, working classes, fashion, fashionable, fashions, swell, swells, size, sizes, weight, underweight, fat, thin, heavy, slender, slight, small, citizen, citizens, social standing, bloated

Mother comments on son's slender figure and a stout uncle tells her that he was the same build at eighteen.

Artist:
du Maurier, George
Search ID:
csl6177
High Res:
2961x2171 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
fit, build, weight, physique, figure, slender, thin, stout, fitness, sport, sportsman, sportsmen, sporting, sports, tennis, tennis match, tennis matches, lawn tennis, tennis player, tennis players, men, man, age, youth, young, proud, pride, proud mother, physical, frame, muscle