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A gentleman of moderate income : making himself decent to dine out.
etching with engraving
image: 220 x 167 mm; plate mark: 200 x 249 mm; sheet: 263 x 195 mm
Peel 2651
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Notes:
Title engraved below image.
From the Laurie & Whittle series of "Drolls."
Plate numbered '174' in lower left corner.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Library's copy is an impression before letters; title and imprint from descriptions of lettered copies of this print.
Summary:
Print shows a man standing in a poorly furnished attic room; a straight razor and shaving mug sit on a chair at left as he is tucks a bib into his tattered shirt; on the floor lies an invitation to dine, a portrait of "Tom Paine" is visible on the wall above the bed in the background, and an older woman who is presumably his landlady stands next to him at right.
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