The dinner spoil'd! [graphic]Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker[1 October 1799]eng"No.1: A small dinner-table, largely covered by a pale leg of mutton behind which sits the irate husband, carving-knife and fork in hand. His wife opposite (right) glares at him, two youths look anxious. He says: "Its rod! not fit to eat! - these are the blessed effects of boiling Mutton in a clath!!" A dog watches him. On the wall (right) is a framed picture of 'Peace and Concord', two allegorical figures."--British museum online catalogueTitle etched below image.Series title and number etched above image.Earlier state, with date in imprint, of no. 9622 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7.Earlier state of print described in: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 14.1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 22 x 19.5 cm, on sheet 24.9 x 20.6 cm.Mounted on leaf 1 of volume 7 of 14 volumes.