A stout man reclines on a chaise-longue, a bolster pillow supporting his knees as a small cup meets his lips. Above this, a small tube descends from a bowl labeled 'Barcelonie'. On the wall are two wheels and the mechanism that pours and decants the wine and cracks the nuts
Alternative Title:
Body fanner, nut-cracker and wine helper, for the heats of summer
Description:
Title from text below image., Series title etched above image., Later edition attributes these plates to Robert Seymour: Living made easy : dedicated to the Utilitarian Society : twelve humorous subjects / designed by R. Seymour. New-York : Published by E.S. Mesier, 28 Wall Street, 1832., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: J. Whatman Turkey Mill 1829.
Publisher:
Pubd. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket and Printed by J. Netherclift
Subject (Topic):
Automation, Couches, Eating & drinking, Machinery, Nuts, and Wine
