Long sermons and long sieges are apt to lull the senses [graphic].Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker[11 February 1784]engIn an inn, a parson snores while his table companion, an old soldier with a wooden leg, recounts animatedly the battle of Dettingen, the map of which hangs on the wall behind them. Next to him, a dog sleeps by the roaring fireplace above which hangs a portrait, a carbine and a sword. The inn maid approaches the table with a roast on a platterTitle etched below image.Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego.The digit "4" in "1784" in imprint statement is etched backwards.Not in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 15.7 x 18.1 cm, on sheet 17.4 x 19.7 cm.Formerly mounted on leaf 16 of volume 1 of 14 volumes.