THE DINNER.
Date1794
After work by
Henry William Bunbury
1750 - 1811
Engraver
William Dickinson
Publisher
John Jeffryes
OriginEngland, London
MediumEtching with stipple and line engraving on laid paper with hand coloring
DimensionsOverall: 16 1/2 × 19 3/8 in (41.91 × 49.21cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1954-698
DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "THE DINNER./ Symptoms of Eating & Drinking./ H. Bunbury Esq.r Delin.t/ W. Dickinson Excudit/ London, Publish'd March 5, 1794 by John Jeffryes, Ludgate Hill."Label TextFive men and two ladies seated at a dinner-table. The host (left) holds a curiously shaped goblet; a footman stands at his elbow with a salver. The man on his right takes wine with the lady at the foot of the table (right), on whose right a woman sits holding up a wine-glass. On the hostess's left a parson in back-view is carving; a footman stands with a plate. The two other men sit (full-face) on the opposite side of the table. Behind them a butler stands at a side table. On the wall are three sporting pictures of fox-hounds. In the foreground (center), two small dogs greet each other, a terrier and a clipped poodle or lap-dog.ProvenanceBefore 1954, the Old Print Shop (New York, NY); 1954-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).
