The Christmas pudding, or, Grand-papa's darling [graphic]Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, printmaker[20 January 1796]eng"Design in a circle. Two elderly men watch a small boy seated at a small round table, devouring a plum-pudding, with a countrified footman standing sourly behind his chair, hand in pocket. The admiring grandfather points to the child, turning to his friend: 'That Boy my good friend is a prodigy of human understanding, he is up every morning exploring the works of Nature* he will make his way through the world depend upon it - As to making his way through the world Neighbour I am no great judge but I think he seems to be in a fair road to make his way through the Pudding. *Hunting of Butterflies.' See BMSat 9810 a, p. 496."--British Museum online catalogueTitle from item.Six lines of text below title: That boy, my good friend, is a prodigy ...Publisher's advertisement following imprint: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening. Prints & drawings lent out on plan of a circulating library.Temporary local subject terms: Male dress: child's dress, 1796 -- Christmas food -- Furnishings: window curtains -- Furniture: tea table -- Domestic service: footmen.Printseller's stamp in lower right of sheet: S.W.F.