"A very fat man sits (left) at a dinner-table holding a knife and fork and about to take a mouthful. He gazes apprehensively at his wife (right), who has risen from the table, overthrowing her chair and a bottle of 'Gin' whose contents stream to the ground. She leans forward, clenching her outstretched right fist, a glass in her left hand, shouting, "You Think indeed!! You Brute, I wonder at your Impudence, never was so Mild so Meek a Temprd Woman so Ill used as I am, & all because I'm the most Tender Affectionate Wife living, but I wont be treated so I wont no, I'll tear your Eyes out first, I know what you want, to set me in a Passion you do, but I wont be in a Passion to please you, you Cross Ill Temperd Quarrelsome, Passionate Wretch.' On the table are a joint of beef (opposite the man), pudding, a bottle of 'Brandy' (next the woman). On the ground at her feet are a broken glass and a knife. They face each other in profile, as do the couple in a picture behind her head (pictures amplifies subject): a virago (right) threatens a thin and trembling man with a broom."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Watermark: center of sheet.
Publisher:
Pubd. Septr. 26, 1794, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Dining tables, Quarreling, and Eating & drinking
"Heading to a song printed in four columns. An old maid's tea-table overturns, owing to a quarrel between her two cats and the dog of her visitor (left), an elderly hunchback. Tea-urn, tea-pot, &c, fall to the ground, scalding the guest. Below the title: 'Being a Companion to that excellent Song of "The Wig, the Hat, and the Cane." To the tune of "Away with these Queer Married Fellows", in the "Gay Deceivers"; by Mr Bannister'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from broadside printed on same sheet., Printmaker and imprint data from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., One line of text and four columns of verse following title in letterpress., and Temporary local subject terms: Teapot -- Tea Urn -- Reference to "Gay Deceivers" -- Pictures amplify subject.
"A lady sits on a garden seat in profile to the right, looking through a telescope placed on a small rectangular table. A grinning man standing beside her stares at her through a quizzing-glass. Among the shrubs in the background is a statue of a satyr whose expression is intended to reflect that of the man."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., One of a series of 'Drolls.', and Temporary local subject terms: Young women -- Quizzing glasses -- Furniture: outdoor bench -- Satyrs.
Publisher:
Published 16th Decr. 1793, by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Telescopes, Voyeurism, and Clothing & dress