[View of tea gardens at Bayswater.], Isaac Cruikshank, 1796

Plate 5 to 'eccentric excursions, or. Literary & pictorial sketches of countenance, character and country, in. . England & south wales'. Two oval designs originally from one plate, separated and mounted as separate images: 'compartment ist. ' two waiters hurry past each other, exchanging some joke, one spills the contents of his kettle over the leg of a fat citizen who stamps with pain and rage, raising his cane. Behind, the lawn is surrounded by boxes or alcoves in which tea-drinking is in progress. 'compt 2d woodward del. Ic sculp' the interior of a tea-drinking alcove; a family party of 'cits': two men, two women, and two children. See wroth, 'london pleasure gardens', 1896, pp. 117-19. 1 august 1796. Etching. Date: 1796. Dimensions: Height: 98 mm (first image); Height: 96 mm (second image); Width: 133 mm (first image); Width: 132 mm (second image). Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. (View of tea gardens at Bayswater.) (BM 1880,1113.4600.1-2)