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- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1795]
- Call Number:
- Drawings W87 no. 56 Box D180
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- An ugly man in old-fashioned dress stands full-face, toes turned in, squinting, and looking downwards. An 'Address' is in his right hand, his left hand is in his breeches pocket; a document inscribed 'Observations' protrudes from his coat-pocket. His scanty audience of seven men, most of them sleeping, is behind him, on either side of a fireplace. A broken candle on the mantel drips wax into the mouth of one of the sleeping men (right), much to the amusement of his neighbour on his right. In the doorway on the far-left, one of the men uses a ear-trumpet; one holds a tea cup in his hand, and a third yawns. Over the chimney-piece is a large clock-face, the hands indicating 10:56; above it is a carved owl and the words 'About your business'.
- Alternative Title:
- Deputy Pendulum's motion for an address
- Description:
- Title from words written around the face of the clock., With Woodword's name in the lower left. William A. Gordon 2023 attributes this drawing to Isaac Cruickshank., and Date of creation based on publication date of print. Published by S.W. Fores in November 1795 as "Deputy Pendulum's motiton for an address"; engraved by Isaac Cruikshank with Woodward's name removed form lower left corner.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain. and Great Britain
- Subject (Topic):
- Freedom of speech, Petition, Right of, Sedition, Politics and government, Clocks & watches, City council members, Hearing aids, Sleeping, Public speaking, and Yawning
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > About your business [art original]