The dissapointed [sic] dinner hunter [art original]Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist[1812]eng"An uncouth footman (left) in livery stands in the door of a corner house, taking a tankard from a pot-boy, while he answers an elderly and hungry-looking visitor, who leans towards him with an angry and sceptical stare. Across the street is an old-fashioned building with a swinging lantern in a shade ...; two stout elderly men approach the door of this cheap cook-shop ..."--British Museum online catalogue, description of the print for which this is likely the original drawingTitle from note in artist's hand at bottom of sheet.Signed and dated by the artist in ink.Probably the original drawing for a print published in 1823 with the title: Not at home, or, A disappointed dinner hunter. Cf. No. 14629 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10.Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 374.Formerly mounted on leaf 1 of volume 1 of 14 volumes.