A curtain lecture! [graphic]Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker[1 October 1799]engA man lies on his back in bed, his face set in grim resignation, as his wife leans over him lecturing him, "Yes you base man --you dont you eat drink and sleep comfortably at home and still you must be jaunting abroad every nigth. I'll find out your intrigues-- you may depend upon it." A small dog sits at the foot of the bed yelping at the couple while a larger dog sleeps on the floor, his eyes squeezed shutTitle etched below image.Series title and number etched above image.Earlier state, with date in publication line. Cf. No. 9627 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7.Earlier state of print described in: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 16.