HAS COMMITTEES OF SUFFERERS, James Gillray, 1796

Three men gorge at a dinner-table laden with food and wine. A fat man with the table-cloth tucked under his chin gnaws a bone. A more elegant man (left), perhaps the 'president' of bmsat 8850, but wearing ear-rings, offers a bare bone to a little ragged boy. A third (right) drinks. A man-servant stands behind, another (right) with bludgeon and clenched fist drives back a starving couple who stand in the doorway making gestures of supplication. Above the design: 'charité bien ordonnée commence par soimême'. Text, 'james', ii. 15, 16. Similar prints in england are directed against parish officers, cf. Bmsat 6877. 1796 etching printed in red. Date: 1796. Dimensions: Height: 256 mm; Width: 212 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. HET COMMITTE VAN NOODLYDENDE (BM 1851,0901.1321)