"A young couple sit side by side taking tea; the hostess, probably the mother of the young woman, is seated at a small rectangular table filling a tea-pot from an urn. A footman holds a salver to a man who helps himself to sugar, probably the father of the younger man. He sits on the right of his host, a gouty invalid in dressing-gown and nightcap, who is seated in an armchair on the extreme right. A dog sits beside the tea-table."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., It is suggested that this print is an imitation of Rowlandson in the British Museum catalogue, but Grego indicates that it is by Rowlandson., Date '1785' in lower right corner of image., 1 print : etching, hand-colored ; sheet 21.0 x 29.3 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 1st, 1786, by S.W. Fores, at the Caracature Warehouse, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Gout, Couples, Courtship, Dogs, Servants, and Tea parties
"A series of eight violent quarrels arranged in two rows, the words (not transcribed in full) etched above the heads of the speakers. [1] An old parson threatens his footman: "If you ever dare to say I am in a passion again I'll break every bone in your skin." [2] A man and wife on the point of blows. [3] A man thrashing a dog. [4] A woman at a tea-table flinging the contents of a cup in the face of a maidservant. [5] A woman beating a prostrate man with a pair of tongs. [6] A man dragging on a boot so as to thrust his heel through it, the shoe-maker saying: "You are so hasty master you wont give the Goods fair play." [7] Two men facing each other in argument. [8] A black servant expostulates with his master for knocking down a boy who lies on the ground: "Dear Massa you have almost killed young Master." One of a set, see British Museum Satires No. 8541, &c."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right and left edges., Plate numbered in upper right corner: Vol. 2, pl. 3., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Marriage and married life -- Cruelty to animals., 1 print : etching, hand-colored ; sheet 320 x 349 mm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Imperfect? Numbering in upper right possibly trimmed or erased from sheet.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 1st, 1796, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackvill [sic] Street
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Anger, Aggression, Animal welfare, Marriage, Spouses, Fighting, Quarreling, Dogs, Staffs (Sticks), Clergy, Servants, Tea services, and Boys