The foot compressor [art original].Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist[approximately 1790]engA loquacious gentlemen holding a raised walking stick vertically in front of his body prepares to strike the foot of a passerby by feigning a blunder. From the caption: Provide a good stout stick (the heavier the better), well loaded with iron, and sally forth at the business time of the day ... enter on a long story and at the end of every marked sentence, make a sudden plunge with your stick downwards, which must be managed with great velocity, and at proper periods; by these methods your friend cannot fail feeling the force of your observations; and every person's toes must suffer that come within the reach of the argumentTitle from letterpress caption below image.Pen and ink drawing on a broadside with typeface and ornamental border.Letterpress capation in fourteen lines below title: The person who has a desire to put this grace in practice, must be consciousness of possessing an unconquerable habit of talking incessantly, if that is not a leading trait in his character, he had better decline the study; but if hef finds himself master of so neccessary a qualification ...One of a series of six drawings by Woodward with the same typescript heading.For further information, consult library staff.