The old cheese [graphic].[1 February 1798]engHeading to verses printed in two columns. After the title: 'An Original Tale, recited by Mr. Fawcett, at Covent-Garden Theatre'. A farmer in top-boots stands at the head of his dinner-table, about to hurl a large cheese; other cheeses fly about the room, and have broken plates and a window-pane. Six alarmed guests sit at the table. The farmer's wife sits opposite him. The verses relate the tale of a loutish and hen-pecked husband who gives an exhibition of his domestic authority to impress his guests, but is finally quelled by his wifeTitle from item.After an original drawing by Isaac Cruikshank in the Huntington Library.Title continues below plate in letterpress: An original tale recited by Mr. Fawcett at Covent-Garden Theatre.Text of the tale in two columns: Young Slouch, the farmer, had a jolly wife, that knew all the conveniences of life ...