"A stout lady pours tea on to a plate, missing the cup, in her amused astonishment at the appearance of her very fat and jovial husband who sits opposite her, wearing a hat burlesquing the French fashion, coat open over a wide expanse of horizontally ...
"An enormously fat lady flings up arms, legs, and tea-cup in terror, as her flimsy gown catches fire from a red-hot poker falling from the grate (left). She, a stiff military officer, and a young woman sit at a round tea-table. The man sits paralysed,...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Feby. 15th, 1802, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Cats, Clothing & dress, Parlors, Tea, and Tea tables (Tables)
"An enormously fat lady flings up arms, legs, and tea-cup in terror, as her flimsy gown catches fire from a red-hot poker falling from the grate (left). She, a stiff military officer, and a young woman sit at a round tea-table. The man sits paralysed,...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Feby. 15th, 1802, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Cats, Clothing & dress, Parlors, Tea, and Tea tables (Tables)
A man stands at a shop door leaning on a cask while looking at another man sitting on the pavement who is pointing towards the man. Canisters of tea are displayed in the shop window
Description:
Title from published print based on this original drawing: The Retort Courteous.