[Liston and the Lambkins, or, The citizen's dinner party] [graphic]Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker[1826]engA dinner party given by the rich and vulgar 'cit'. Liston, seated full-face, is beset by three children, one of whom shows him a print of Paul Pry. The hostess, laughing, points out the impassive Liston to a little boy who stands beside her. A fat nurse holds up an infant in long clothes to see the celebrity, at whom all the company are staring. A laughing footman drops a glass from a salver. Over the laden table hangs an elaborate cut-glass chandelier with many gas-globes. Liston, incensed at being expected to amuse his host's 'uncultivated cubs', retires, ostensibily to arrange his dress for a performance, actually to depart. See British Museum catalogueTitle, printmaker, and imprint from published state.Plate etched for: Westmacott, C.M. English spy. London : Sherwood, Jones, and Co., 1825-1826.For published state see: No. 15202 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10.