A well-dressed sailor with a tricorne hat upon his head sits grinning at a table, looking directly at the viewer. He holds in his left had a ladle which is emersed in a full bowl. In his right he holds a glass
Description:
Title from the first of twelve lines of verse in three columns, below image: Fill up the mighty sparkling bowl that I a true and loyal soul may drink & sing without controul to support my pleasure ..., Publication date based location of J. Bowles and Son at Black Horse in Cornhill from 1752 to1763., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Printed for T. Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard, J. Bowles and Son at the Black Horse in Cornhill
Subject (Topic):
Bowls (Tableware), Glassware, Sailors, and British
"Pitt and Dundas are tipsily carousing at a rectangular table from which the cloth has been removed. Pitt, wearing spurred top-boots, sits on the corner of the table in profile to the left, his chair behind him at the head of the table. Dundas (left), wearing a plaid across his shoulders, sits full-face, turning his head in profile to the right, and waving a tobacco-pipe towards Pitt. They touch glasses, each holding his glass in the left hand; Pitt tries to fill them, but with the bottle reversed, spilling its contents. On the table is a decanter of 'Brandy', a bottle on its side, a clutter of empty bottles, glasses, Pitt's broken pipe, and a plate of food. In the foreground are bottles in a wine-cooler, and under the table is a chamber-pot on which is a figure of Britannia. Above the heads of the topers: '"Send us Victorious, "Happy and Glorious, "Long to Reign. - go it my Boy! "Billy my Boy, all my Joy, - God save the King!'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Evening scene three times a week at Wimbleton
Description:
Title etched at bottom of image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on the sides., and Mounted to 27 x 37 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 27th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, No. 37 New Bond Str
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806 and Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Bottles, Chamber pots, Glassware, Intoxication, Pipes (Smoking), and Wine
