Anacreontick's in Full Song, 1 December 1801
Scope and Contents
By James Gillray. Eight elderly topers with pipes and glasses surround a small oblong table, on which are punch-bowl, wine-glasses, tobacco etc. All are much caricatured; some sing, a parson sleeps, a dog howls. The room is lit by a chandelier; a bracket-clock points to 3.40, on it is carved a Bacchanalian figure of Time astride a cask. A bust portrait of Anacreon holding pen and paper is on the wall (left). Above the design: ' - "Whilst, snug in our Club-room, we jovially 'twine - The myrtle of Wenus [sic] with Bacchus's Wine."' Description from the British Museum.
Dates
- Creation: 1 December 1801
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
1 Item(s)
Language of Materials
English
Repository Details
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