THE DINNER.

Date1794

After work by Henry William Bunbury (1750 - 1811)

Engraver William Dickinson

Publisher John Jeffryes

OriginEngland, London

MediumHand-colored etching with stipple and line engraving

DimensionsOH: 16 1/2" x OW: 19 1/4"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1954-698

DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "THE DINNER./ Symptoms of Eating & Drinking./ H. Bunbury Esq.r Delin.t/ W. Dickinson Excudit/ London, Publish'd March 5, 1794 by John Jeffryes, Ludgate Hill."
Label TextFive men and two ladies seated at a dinner-table. The host (left) holds a curiously shaped goblet; a footman stands at his elbow with a salver. The man on his right takes wine with the lady at the foot of the table (right), on whose right a fat woman sits holding up a wine-glass. On the hostess's left a parson in back-view is carving; a footman stands with a plate. The two other men sit (full-face) on the opposite side of the table. Behind them a butler stands at a side table. On the wall are three sporting pictures of fox-hounds. In the foreground (center), two small dogs greet each other, a terrier and a clipped poodle or lap-dog.