"A waiter and a hungry customer; an elderly man with dishevelled hair and a dog at his heels, bending forward to seize a mug from the waiter, said to be Daniel Button, who turns his head away; after a drawing formerly attributed to Hogarth."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 2, no. 1702., "Plate 1."--Upper right corner., See British Museum Catalogue of drawings, vol. ii, p. 321., Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 2, no. 1702., and Sheet trimmed to 131 x 160 mm. Mounted with another print: Kinnaird 89K(a) pl. 2.
"A waiter and a hungry customer; an elderly man with dishevelled hair and a dog at his heels, bending forward to seize a mug from the waiter, said to be Daniel Button, who turns his head away; after a drawing formerly attributed to Hogarth."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 2, no. 1702., "Plate 1."--Upper right corner., See British Museum Catalogue of drawings, vol. ii, p. 321., and Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 2, no. 1702.
"Plate 1: Copy of an elderly man with dishevelled hair and a dog at his heels, bending forward to seize a mug from the waiter, said to be Daniel Button, who turns his head away; after a drawing formerly attributed to Hogarth (BM, 1861,0413.506)."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
From the original drawing by Hogarth in the collection of Sam. Ireland, Satire on the frequenters of Button's coffee house, Russell Street, Covent Garden, London. No. 2, and Doctor and patient
Description:
Title from British Museum online catalogue., "A later state of the print was used as an illustration facing p. 25 of Samuel Ireland, Graphic Illustrations of Hogarth, I, 1794, where Ireland identifies the waiter as Daniel Button"--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue., and Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint statement from bottom edge. Imprint supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 1875,0213.361.
Publisher:
Publish'd March 1st, 1786, by W. Dickenson, No. 158, New Bond St.
