A companion print to bmsat 6912; a similar group of men in a similar room stand or sit at a rectangular table singing from a large music-book held open on the table. Punch-bowl, wine-bottle, glasses, pipes, a tumbler are on the table which is covered by a heavy cloth. Their expressions are more serious than those of the catch-singers. Two men in the background are smoking, one of whom is lighting his pipe. A dog sits in the foreground looking up at the singers. The words of the glee are engraved beneath the print, beginning:
'which is the properest day to drink,
saturday, sunday, monday,'; republished state. 2 february 1786
hand-coloured mezzotint. Date: 1786. Dimensions: Height: 353 mm; Width: 250 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. A Glee. Une Allegresse (BM 1935,0522.1.77)
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