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The New Blenheim Drop or Patent Pegs for Impertinent Puppies, 27 Janurary 1800

 Item — Box: LF104/6 Box 1
Reference code: LF104/6/9

Scope and Contents

By S. W. Fores. The interior of a coffee-house or tavern. Two men drink wine at a table on the extreme left. Two stand beside the semicircular bar (right) behind which stands a buxom woman. On the wall which forms a background are three pegs, inscribed respectively: (left to right) 'for little puppies', 'for great puppies', 'for overgrown puppies'. To the first, which is the lowest, is hitched by the back of his coat, a small man wearing top-boots, who struggles to free himself. A large man at the table points to him, saying: "as you're too small a breed d'ye see to bestow a tharshing [sic] upon, and breaking your bones will not be discarnable, Stand there my little Magpye till you can hold your impertinent Tongue." All smile; a waiter (right) is broadly amused. Description from the British Museum.

Dates

  • Creation: 27 Janurary 1800

Conditions Governing Access

Available by appointment in our Reading Room

Extent

1 Item(s)

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository

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