"Illustration to verses printed below in four columns. Six grinning 'cits' stand round one of their number who is in night-cap and waistcoat. Behind is a curtained bed. The verses relate a trick at a Sunday 'dining country jaunt' for which lavish provisions were sent to the Roe Buck in 'the Forest'. The Club went on horseback, butter was hidden in the lining of one member's hat; he was induced to believe that he had 'sweating sickness', and was put to bed instead of sharing the feast."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Letterpress title printed partially on plate below image, partially below plate line., Attributed to Isaac Cruikshank by Krumbhaar., Four columns of verse below title: Tom Ruby was a merry wag as any in the town, and he full fifteen years had worn and grac'd the civic gown ..., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Fevers -- Anecdotes., and 1 print : etching and engraving ; plate mark 200 x 247 mm, on sheet 439 x 298 mm.
Publisher:
Published 2d Decr. 1799, by Laurie & Whittle, No. 53 Fleet Street, London and Jack Rider, printer
Subject (Topic):
Sweating-sickness, Beds, Bedrooms, Chamber pots, Interiors, Obesity, People associated with commercial & service activities, and Practical jokes
"Illustration to verses printed below in four columns. Six grinning 'cits' stand round one of their number who is in night-cap and waistcoat. Behind is a curtained bed. The verses relate a trick at a Sunday 'dining country jaunt' for which lavish provisions were sent to the Roe Buck in 'the Forest'. The Club went on horseback, butter was hidden in the lining of one member's hat; he was induced to believe that he had 'sweating sickness', and was put to bed instead of sharing the feast."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Letterpress title printed partially on plate below image, partially below plate line., Attributed to Isaac Cruikshank by Krumbhaar., Four columns of verse below title: Tom Ruby was a merry wag as any in the town, and he full fifteen years had worn and grac'd the civic gown ..., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Fevers -- Anecdotes.
Publisher:
Published 2d Decr. 1799, by Laurie & Whittle, No. 53 Fleet Street, London and Jack Rider, printer
Subject (Topic):
Sweating-sickness, Beds, Bedrooms, Chamber pots, Interiors, Obesity, People associated with commercial & service activities, and Practical jokes
Title devised by curator., "I.C." in ink lower right., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
