A long story [graphic][ca. 1809]engA number of men seated round a circular table over the wine manifesting sleepiness or exhaustion in different ways, while an officer in regimentals harangues them on some campaign. He sits over the table, in profile on the right, gesticulating with outstretched arms over a plan drawn on the table-cloth. Two overturned wine-glasses lie in front of him, two empty bottles stand on the table. On the farther side of the table a man stands up, stretching and yawning violently. His neighbour on his right also yawns; the man on his left supports his head on his hands, scowling at the speaker through half-closed eyes. Next to him (right) a man in profile to the left holding a wine-glass yawns widely. Two others in profile to the right are asleep in attitudes of extreme weariness, one turned away from the table, with outstretched legs in top-boots, yawns violently. From the left enters a servant with tousled hair, wearing a striped jersey; he is bringing in a boot-jack and pair of slippers, he too is yawning violently. In the foreground are two dogs, one of whom is toppling over with sleepinessTitle from caption below image.Statement of responsibility from impression in the British Museum. See British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1935,0522.8.169.Date of publication based on watermark.A copy in reverse of no. 6144 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.The Lewis Walpole Library impression: statement of responsibility has been erased from lower left corner of sheet.