"A man enters a room where three men and two ladies stand at a dinner-table, waiting for him, all frankly amused at his appearance. He wears a great-coat many sizes too large and knee-breeches which hang to the ankle. His large obese host laughs, hold...
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Starting for a long ride, on a dinner engagement without a great coat ...
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Pub. Jan. 1, 1807, by R. Ackermann, Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
"Fox-hunters, tipsily hilarious, at the dinner-table, with bottles, glasses, and punch-bowl. One stands on a chair giving a toast (left), another straddles the backs of two chairs, as if riding; he shouts, flourishing a whip. They wear or wave hunting...
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Dining, and passing the whole evening with a party of foxhunters ...
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Pub. Jan. 1, 1807, by R. Ackermann, Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
"A woman stands at a wash-tub, turning to scream at her husband who sits in glum silence plying the bellows at a fire emitting smoke which obscures much of the room. An infant in a cradle (right) yells, as does another seated on the ground and brandis...
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Sitting for hours before a smoky chimney, like a hottentot in a craal ...
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Pub. Jan. 1, 1807, by R. Ackermann, Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
"Four men and two ladies are seated at dinner, a small child on each side of the host (left). A footman (right) brings in a steaming haunch of venison, followed by a fat maid-servant with a second dish. All the diners register extreme disgust."--Briti...
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Inviting a friend (whom you know to be particularly fond of the dish) to partake of a fine hare ...
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Pub. Jany. 1, 1807, by R. Ackermann, Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
"A man, hat in hand, sits on a cat, which was on a low chair beside the fire. His hostess, a lean and ugly old maid, tugs angrily at a bell-rope; another cat sits on the back of her armchair; a dog barks. An ugly (?) maid-servant of similar type enter...
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Squatting plump on an unsuspected cat in your chair
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Pub. Jan. 1, 1807, by R. Ackermann, Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
"A fat gouty invalid sits full face in a high-backed armchair beside his bedroom fire (left). He registers anguish as a young naval officer seizes his left hand, and tramples on his left. foot. An old nurse, followed by a man (right), pursue the offic...
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When in the gout - receiving the ruinous salutation of a muscular friend ...
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Pub. Jany. 1, 1807, by R. Ackermann, Repository of the Arts, 101 Strand
"Two ladies, fashionable and pretty, stand by the door of a neo-Gothic lodge or gate-house. One addresses a gardener who tugs at his hair; two elderly men (left) walk off to the left."--British Museum online catalogue
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Necessity of sending a verbal message of the utmost consequence ...
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Pub. Jan. 1, 1807, by R. Ackermann, Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
"A narrow lane with high steep banks is blocked by a haycart (right); a man lies on his back on the hay, asleep. A well-dressed man on a spirited horse rides just behind the cart, clenching his fists with impatience. Behind him (left) rides his groom;...
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Following on horse back a slow cart through an endless narrow lane ...
"An oafish footman (left), tilting forward a chair, shows in a party of country visitors to a fashionable young couple. The room is in Strawberry Hill Gothic with a high French window wide open and giving on a garden. Portfolios lie against a Gothic c...
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While deeply, delightfully, and as you hope safely engaged at home in the morning ...
"Two men wearing overcoats stand facing each other in a driving wind. In the background a man and woman are driven before the blast."--British Museum online catalogue
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Walking in a wind that cuts to the bone, with a narrative companion ...
