Thirteen men sit or stand round an oblong table, on which are long tobacco-pipes, wine-bottles, glasses, and three punch-bowls. All are caricatured; the man at the head of the table is dressed as a military officer and wears top-boots; he leans towards a naval officer on his right with a wooden leg who is smoking with a satisfied smile and holds a newspaper, 'the true briton'. On the chairman's left is seated an enormously fat man. The room is a handsome one, one wall decorated by ionic pilasters and with two tall sash-windows (left) between which is a framed board inscribed 'rules and orders to be observed in this society'. Most of the members are smoking vigorously and producing clouds of smoke. Cf. Bmsats 8205, 8220. Similar in subject and manner to bmsats 6912, 6913. C. 1793
hand-coloured mezzotint. Date: 1793. Dimensions: Height: 343 mm; Width: 249 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. The Smoaking Club (BM 1935,0522.1.33)
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