Part of PICRYL.com. Not developed or endorsed by the Library of Congress
Company shocked at a lady getting up to ring the bell / B., Esq, del., British Cartoon Print

Company shocked at a lady getting up to ring the bell / B., Esq, del., British Cartoon Print

description

Summary

A violent disturbance in a breakfast parlor. A woman stands to ring the bell-pull while the five men at the table react in horror, stumbling and knocking over items on the table as they attempt to stop her. The men are probably suitors of the woman.
After a watercolor drawing by Brownlow North.
Catalog of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8, no. 10303
Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).
Exhibited: Gillray and the Art of Caricature.

date_range

Date

01/01/1804
person

Contributors

Gillray, James, 1756-1815, engraver
create

Source

Library of Congress
copyright

Copyright info

No known restrictions on publication.

Explore more

eating and drinking
eating and drinking