"An enormously fat lady flings up arms, legs, and tea-cup in terror, as her flimsy gown catches fire from a red-hot poker falling from the grate (left). She, a stiff military officer, and a young woman sit at a round tea-table. The man sits paralysed,...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Feby. 15th, 1802, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Cats, Clothing & dress, Parlors, Tea, and Tea tables (Tables)
De l'usage du caphé, du thé, et du chocolate. English
Description:
The tracts on tea and on chocolate have special title-pages. Those on tea and coffee are tr. by John Chamberlayne from the French of Philippe Sylvestre Dufour; that on chocolate from the Spanish of Antonio Colmenero de Ledesma. Cf. British Museum cata...
BEIN UvL12 C6 682n: Letter from ... C, 8, 12, 23 confuses "..." that this book is not translation of "Defow's work" and said it is in the "... of the books ... in the Brit. Museum (Natural hist.) v. 1, p. 562 with the note: "... same attributed to J....
Publisher:
C. Wilkinson
Subject (Topic):
Beverages, Chocolate, Tobacco, Coffee, Tea, and Wine and wine making
An old, toothless man in a simple coat buttoned up to his chin, a cocked hat, and eyeglasses, is [presumably since the chair was not drawn] sitting at a tea table on which are two teacups and saucers and a teapot. He is holding a candlestick in his ri...
Alternative Title:
Old man with candlestick sitting at a tea table
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Pub. 15 Feb. 1783 by H. Humphrey, No. 51 New Bond Street
