Rules for a warm weather ball, or, Salutary conduct for corpulent dancers [graphic]Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker[approximately 1806?]eng"Scene in an assembly room. A mountainously fat woman stands fanning herself, as she talks to a stout man in old-fashioned dress. She says: "Dear me it is perdigus Hot! which would you advise me to do take a Rubber or Dance." He answers: "Dance first! Madam, and take the Rubber afterwards." A fashionably dressed but vulgar-looking man stands by, looking quizzically at the lady. In the background (left) is a high musicians' gallery, and below it four people dance a (?) country dance. There is a cut-glass chandelier. Through an ornate arched doorway four people are seen playing cards."--British Museum online catalogueTitle etched below image.Argus is a pseudonym for Charles Williams.Date of publication from British Museum catalogue.Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins.Watermark: Cassell.