An austere-looking man with a shaved head and ragged clothes, kneels in prayer before his simple meal, unaware that as he recites his blessing, his cat is drinking from his bowl. On the table is a book on which lay his spectacles; his hat hangs off the back of his chair. On the wall behind them is a picture of the three crosses on Calvary
Description:
Title from item., Publication date from Isaac., Numbered '27' in upper right corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching with stipple ; plate mark 16.2 x 23.5 cm, on sheet 18.4 x 25.2 cm., and Printed in vermillion ink on laid paper.
A politician sits center in a chair before a table with a single candlestick on top. He holds the candle itself in his hand as he closely examines a sheet of paper, oblivious to the fact that the candle is burning a hole in the brim of his hat. Behind him on the wall on either side are two wall maps, one of western Europe and the tip of northern Africa and the other of the Americas and Asia
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication date from Isaac., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., After the design by WilliamHogarth, published by Jane Hogarth 1775., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching with stipple ; plate mark 17.2 x 24 cm, on sheet 19.1 x 27 cm., and Printed on wove paper; hand-colored.