A shrewed guess, or, The farmers definition of parliamentary debates [graphic]Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker[1813?]eng"A farm-house kitchen. The farmer's wife (left) sits beside a table on which are a tray of tea-things and a tankard. She carves a loaf, holding it on her lap, and asks: "I dont understand what they mean by they Debates, cans't thee tell Robins?" The stout farmer sits full-face, holding a newspaper: 'Liverpool Journal'. He answers: "Why I take it it means this!-- th' men ith Parliament up at Lunnon makes sham quarrels; and then grins at us folk ith country for believen un to be in Arnest!!" The son, a young man wearing a smock, sits in the ingle-nook (right) holding a knife and slice of bread, and eagerly watched by a dog. He says: "Eh Feather! why that be just like Dr Solomon w'th folks that swallow his balm of Gulllad [Gilead]"."--British Museum online catalogueTitle etched below image.Date of publication from British Museum catalogue.Three lines of quoted text following title: "He laughs at him, in's face too, "O you mistake him; t'was an humble grin. "The fawning joy of courtiers and of dogs. Dryden.Plate numbered "311" in upper right corner.Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 5.Also issued separately.Sheet trimmed within plate mark.Temporary local subject terms: Tea things -- Fireplace.