Feasting scraps [graphic].

"A Pic Nic: A curate, his wife, and four children gnaw bare bones at a table covered with a ragged cloth, on which are a loaf and an almost empty dish. The wife rocks an infant's cradle; washing hangs on a cord across the fireplace. A wall-clock points to 12.45. On the sill of the casement-window is a flowering plant. The curate's hat, cudgel, and gloves are on a table. A starving cat and dog face each other angrily. A contrast to British Museum Satires No. 14756. Below: 'On meagre fare the humble Curate's fed; 'Severe his labour--dearly earned his bread. 'Tho all the duty on his shoulders fall 'A paltry Thirty Pounds a Year his all.'"--British Museum online catalogue

"A Tuck Out: A dinner-table scene, with three liveried footmen, is watched by a bloated dog and fat cat. One fat parson (right) carves a sucking-pig; his wife (opposite) carves a bird. The other diners are a second parson, a youngish woman, and a loutish youth. On the wall a picture of 'Balthezar's [sic] Feast': the revellers see the writing on the wall. Below: 'But see the bloated Vicars gaudy state, 'Profusion surfiets, pamper'd menials wait; 'Preaches Humility, his practice pride 'Lived like an Infidel, and so he died.' A favourite theme, cf. British Museum Satires Nos. 6153-4, &c., 14568."--British Museum online catalogue

"A Gorge: Seven foxhunters tipsily drink a toast, two standing by their chairs. A hare and other dishes are on the table. Two liveried servants wait. On the wall is a picture of a mounted huntsman with hounds. Antlers serve as pegs for two hunting-caps; a third with a fox's brush hangs beside it. Below: 'See l'Esquire seated, at the festive board, 'His Tenants squeez'd to satiate their lord, 'Who squanders all in riot and excess, 'His Family leaves in Want and deep distress.'"--British Museum online catalogue

"A Burster: Three aldermen in furred gowns sit at a round table, knife and fork in hand, food speared on fork, but all waiting avidly for the dishes that four footmen bring in: a large tureen, (?) birds, a hare, a turkey, and sausages. Decanters stand in a wine-cooler, a sideboard is covered with plate. There is a picture of an inflated frog looking at an ox. Below: 'A greasy chin the Aldermans delight 'Their stomachs quite prepaid since yesternight 'Anticipating, Turtle, Venison, Jellies, 'To Cram, to Gorge nay e'en to burst their Bellies.' Cf. British Museum Satires No. 14690."--British Museum online catalogue