August 25, 1808. [Behaviour at Table.] Woodward del., Rowlandson sc. Published by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside.—The author offers four excellent directions touching the genteel 'behaviour expected at table,' and if his injunctions were strictly carried out, there is no question that his pupils would be accepted in every society as remarkably polished and well-bred young gentlemen, who had studied Lord Chesterfield's 'advice' to some purpose; perfect ornaments, indeed, to any company amongst which they might find themselves, and desirable patterns for imitation.
- 1. Place your elbows on the table like a Church Warden at a parish vestry.
- 2. Stretch your arms across the table to get at what best suits your appetite.
- 3. Cough and yawn over the dishes.
- 4. Loll on two chairs while making use of your toothpick.
BEHAVIOUR AT TABLE.
1808. A Lecture on Heads, by G. A. Stevens,[9] with additions as delivered by Mr. Charles Lee Lewis, embellished with twenty-five humorous characteristic prints, from drawings by George Moutard Woodward Esq. Engraved by Thomas Rowlandson. Published by T. Tegg.
Frontispiece: Interior of Covent Garden Theatre. C. Lee Lewis delivering 'A Lecture on Heads' to a crowded audience.
- Sir Whisky Whiffle.
- Jockey.
- Half Foolish Face.
- Drunken Head.
- A Freeholder.
- Female Moderator.
- Master Jacky.
- London Blood.
- A Lady of the Town.
- A Connoisseur.
- A worldly-wise man; or a man wise in his own conceit.
- Male Moderator.
- Italian Singer.
- An Old Maid.
- An Old Bachelor.
- The Crying Philosopher.
- [Counsellor.]
- Frenchman.
- British Sailor.
- Spaniard.
- Dutchman.
- Politician.
- Methodist Preacher.
1808. British Sailor. Frenchman. Spaniard. Dutchman. Four characters on a sheet, published by T. Tegg.—The same etchings are given, under similar descriptions, in the 'Lecture on Heads,' by G. A. Stevens, with illustrations by G. M. Woodward, engraved by T. Rowlandson.
December 1, 1808. Miseries of Human Life (Plates issued in previous years and collected in 1808). Designed and etched by T. Rowlandson, and published by R. Ackermann, 101 Strand.—Frontispiece: The title in a frame; below it a gouty old miser, wrapped in flannel, is being dragged off in his chair by Death, in spite of his crutch and his struggles to get back to his riches, spread in the strong box, over which he has lost all control; his heirs in the meantime are helping themselves, making light of his hoarded savings, and taunting the impotent money-grubber, who has accumulated riches for them to fling away.