Publish'd Feb. 4, 1801 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Description
Title from item. Artist supplied by cataloger. From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls. Other prints in the Laurie & Whittle Drolls series were executed by either Isaac Cruikshank or Richard Newton. Two lines of dialogue inscribed below design: Good lack a day John, what are you doing? you have broke all the tea things. "I can't help it Ma'am, that nasty cur[?] of yours has bit my lef." Bit your leg! has he? dear me; I hope the pretty little creature won't be sick after it!! Numbered '259' in the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls. Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires. Temporary local subject terms: Spilling tea service -- Tea trays -- Tea tables -- Birdcages -- Birds: parrot -- Domestic service -- Liveried Manservant.
Provenance
Leverhulme-Auchincloss, Vol. IX; 9 May 1954;
Extent
1 print : plate mark 19.9 x 24.5 cm, on sheet 23 x 28 cm
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