The Dinner. Symptoms of Eating & Drinking, William Dickinson, 1794

A companion print to bmsat 8537. Five 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 fat 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: a rider about to mount is flanked by circular pictures of fox-hounds. In the foreground (centre) two small dogs greet each other, a terrier and a clipped poodle or lap-dog. A re-issue in 1794 of a plate first published earlier stipple. Date: 1794. Dimensions: Height: 418 mm; Width: 492 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. The Dinner. Symptoms of Eating & Drinking (BM 1917,1208.3030)