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Directions to footmen.
1756-1827
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Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
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Metadata
- Call Number
- D North 51/GC112/Box 05/Normal/Prints/Titles Da-Do GA 2014.00185
- Publisher
- [s.l.] : [s.n.], n.d.
- People
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- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Caricature
- Household employees—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Dinners and dining—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Accidents—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Pets—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Dogs—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Occupations—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Animals—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Clumsiness—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- City and town life—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- Directions to footmen.
- Call Number
- D North 51/GC112/Box 05/Normal/Prints/Titles Da-Do GA 2014.00185
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/zk51vq86h
- Publisher
- [s.l.] : [s.n.], n.d.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1756-1827
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 30.5 x 22.8 cm.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
- References
- Grego II, p. 82
- Tegg no. 29
- Rights Statement
- No Known Copyright
- Notes
- Medium: Etchings, Hand coloring
- Depiction: "Take off the largest dishes, and set them on with one hand, to show the ladies your vigour and strength of back, but always do it between two ladies, that if the dish happens to slip, the soup or sauce may fall on their clothes, and not daub the floor. By this practice two of our brethren, my worthy friends, got considerable fortunes." A stalwart awkward-looking yokel, in a showy livery, is carrying out these useful directions to the letter. While grinning at his horrified mistress, he is upsetting a toureen held loosely in his right hand, over a handsome damsel, and is flooding the tablecloth, to the horror of the company, and the delight of a poodle, which is revelling in the stream. Calmly allowing the joint, gravy, &c., to glide over the back of another dog who is less pleased than his companion.
- Signed in plate, lower left: "Rowlandson inv.".
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Caricature
- Household employees—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Dinners and dining—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Accidents—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Pets—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Dogs—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Occupations—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Animals—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Clumsiness—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- City and town life—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 1
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/e8fa2fc9-abfe-41a3-91db-943393a84c30/manifest