The Wasp — 1895 — page 734: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains a satirical illustration titled "AGAIN: Regulation Dress for the Coming Winter Campaign." The cartoon depicts an elegantly dressed woman with a wasp-like figure alongside a fashionably clothed male figure in an interior setting with classical furnishings. The accompanying verse references "the mountains drop a heavy sigh," "the sea a briny tear," and summer departing—suggesting seasonal transition. The title's reference to "regulation dress for the coming winter campaign" appears to mock high-society fashion preparations. The artist signature reads "De Bose Wright." The illustration likely satirizes either the absurdity of rigid fashion codes among the wealthy or specific political/social figures' pretensions during a campaign season, though without additional context, the precise targets remain unclear.