The household, or, Who rules the roast! [graphic].

Description

Title: The household, or, Who rules the roast! [graphic].
Alternative Title: Who rules the roast!
Creator: Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker, publisher
Contributor: Moore, William, active 1784-1793, publisher.
Published / Created: Feb. 9th, 1789.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. by W. Dent and Sold by W. Moore, Oxford Street
Abstract: Print shows an interior view of a kitchen, the "Treasury" or the "Privy Purse" represented by a crown, in which a large bull on a spit labeled "Fourth Estate" is being roasted before a fire, dripping coins; on the left is the Prince of Wales (George IV), he asks "Dear Mother, pray let me have a sop in the pan." A woman with a large spoon raised over her head moves to drive him from the kitchen
Description: Title etched below image.
Attributed to William Dent.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Watermark: J. Whatman.
Provenance: White Fox Rare Books; March 2025.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 24.4 x 35 cm, on sheet 26.6 x 42 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English