A General Fast in Consequence of the War!!, 14 February 1794
Scope and Contents
Artist: Isaac Cruikshank. Published: S. W. Fores. A design in two compartments: LAMBETH. A fat parson and two ladies are seated at a dinner-table, guzzling. On the table-cloth is a small mitre with crossed croziers. A gothic window indicates Lambeth Palace. The parson, evidently the Archbishop, Moore (right), his mouth crammed, and plying his knife and fork, says to a young woman sitting opposite him: "do you chuse any More"; she answers, "No More I thank ye". Between them, full-face, sits a fat, gaily dressed lady. On the table are a large tureen decorated with a mitre, fish, a hare, wine, etc. A footman enters from the right carrying a capon. On the wall is a framed text: 'Abstain from Worldly Lusts not given to Feasting & Gluttony.' Above it is etched, 'Is this a fast that I have Chosen.' SPITAL FIELDS. A destitute weaver's family in a poverty-stricken room. A young mother seated by a table attempts to suckle an infant; a little girl clamours at her knee. The man sits in profile to the right, gloomily contemplating a print of a footpad and his victim pinned on the wall. He sits by a hearth on which there is a scanty fire; a little boy (right) crouches over it, looking over his shoulder at a starving cat which gnaws an old shoe. Through the missing frame of a casement window is seen a 'manufatory' [sic] falling in ruins in a snowy and desolate setting. On the wall are two large placards, each a subscription list: 'Subscibtion for Family in Distress in Consequence of the War'; its three columns are blank except for one meagre entry. 'A List of Subscribtion[s] for Emigrant Clergy' has three columns closely filled, and a total of '10,000'. Description from the British Museum.
Dates
- Creation: 14 February 1794
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