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.' Partial 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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