"the humours of belvoir castle -- or the morning after", a march 1st 1799 english caricature engraving showing the aftermath of a night of upper-class debauchery at a large country mansion, marking the celebration of the owner's coming of age. (one's "coming of age" was the 21st birthday for most purposes, but a will or other legal document could specify a different date on which the inheritor of a property would come into full legal control over it, which was then the "coming of age" with respect to that particular property. )
this is a precursor to the infamous edwardian country-house weekends (but in the pre-railway era of 1799, the whole occasion was likely to last longer than just a weekend). Some old handwriting on this copy of the print says that cruikshank was parodying the celebration of the duke of rutland's coming of age. Date: 1 March 1799.
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