A companion print to bmsat 6913. The interior of a room, probably in a club or fashionable tavern. Men are seated at a large circular table on which is a punch-bowl, wine-glasses, a decanter labelled 'port', long'pipes, and bound books of music, two open, the third, which is closed, inscribed 'catches and glees'. The seated men are singing, pointing at each other; others stand behind, some singing, or watching the singers; one reads a newspaper through an eyeglass, another smokes a pipe. In the foreground a spaniel stands on its hind legs against the table. A curtain drapes a tall window through which is seen a line of houses and a church spire. In a panelled alcove hangs a mirror in an ornate frame. The heavy tablecloth rests on the ground, the floor is carpeted. Beneath the title twelve lines of the catch which is being sung are engraved, beginning:
'sir you are a comical fellow,
your nose it is hooked,
your back it is crooked,
yes you are a comical fellow. ' c. 1785/6
hand-coloured mezzotint. Date: between 1785 and 1786. Dimensions: Height: 345 mm; Width: 247 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. A Catch. Une Chansonnette (BM 1935,0522.1.76)
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