Miseries of Social Life, 1 January 1807
Scope and Contents
Seventh print in the Miseries of Human Life series. Fox-hunters, tipsily hilarious, at the dinner-table, with bottles, glasses, and punch-bowl. One stands on a chair giving a toast (left), another straddles the backs of two chairs, as if riding; he shouts, flourishing a whip. They wear or wave hunting-caps and wear top-boots, except for one elderly man who turns from the table in disgust. Three dogs add to the noise. On the wall are antlers and a hunting-piece. Below: 'Dining, and passing the whole evening with a party of foxhunters, after they have had what they call ‘glorious sport’, and, while you execrate the very name of a hound, being gorged with the crambe recocta of one chase after another, till you wish the country was underground.' Description from the Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires Vol. VIII.
Dates
- Creation: 1 January 1807
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Language of Materials
English
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