Disappointed Epicures

Thomas Tegg|Thomas Rowlandson

1809 · Hand-colored etching · Drawings and Prints

At right, eight elderly male diners rise from their chairs in surprise to angrily look towards an accident caused by a dog who has tripped a servant in the doorway, making him spill the contents of a serving dish, which has then caused the man behind to spill liquid out of a tureen. At left, a third servant, distracted by the incident, sprays the contents of a bottle of spruce beer onto the other two servants.

Artist

Thomas Tegg|Thomas Rowlandson

Date

1809

Medium

Hand-colored etching

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959