Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[1800]
Call Number:
Drawings W87 no. 22 Box D175
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An innkeeper uses a bellows to clear heavy dense tobacco smoke from the tavern interior in response to a servant trying to identify his master in the crowd. The innkeeper proclaims "You say you want a little gentlemen in a brown wig. I have really so much smoking business in my parlour that 'till I make use of the bellows I can never distinguish a customer, I believe that is the gentleman you mean." The servant excitedly responds in a Cockney dialect "Yes, Yes, sure enough that be Master, but before he vanishes again, tell him that Missis has sent the street door key."
Description:
Title inscribed in black ink below image in the artist's hand., Signed by the author's in black ink below image., Future imprint statement for print based on this image inscribed in brown ink: London : Pubd. March 1800 by Willm. Holland, No. 11 Cockspur Street., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):
Smoking, Tobacco pipes, Bellows, Taverns (Inns), and Servants