Design in a circle. Two elderly men watch a small boy seated at a small round table, devouring a plum-pudding, with a countrified footman standing sourly behind his chair, hand in pocket. The admiring grandfather points to the child, turning to his friend: 'that boy my good friend is a prodigy of human understanding, he is up every morning exploring the works of nature* he will make his way through the world depend upon it - as to making his way through the world neighbour i am no great judge but i think he seems to be in a fair road to make his way through the pudding. *hunting of butterflies. ' see bmsat 9810 a, p. 496. 20 january 1796
hand-coloured etching. Date: 1796. Dimensions: Diameter: 180 mm (approximately); Height: 260 mm (cropped); Width: 182 mm (cropped). Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. The Christmas Pudding, or Grand-papa's Darling (BM 1935,0522.8.13)
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