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Maker(s):Rowlandson, Thomas, attributed to
Culture:British (1756-1827)
Title:Dean Swift's Advice to Footmen
Date Made:18th or 19th century
Type:Drawing
Materials:Watercolor, ink and wash on cream wove paper.
Place Made:Europe; United Kingdom; Great Britain; England
Measurements:sheet: 11 x 8 5/6 in.; 27.94 x 22.4366 cm; mat: 14 1/4 x 19 1/4 in.
Narrative Inscription:  INSCRIPTION: recto, upp. ctr. (pen and ink): Take off the largest dishes and set them on with one hand to show the ladies your Virour and strength of the back, but always do it between the ladies that if the dish happens to slip the soup or sauce may fall on their cloaths and not daub the floor ; recto, lwr. l. (pen and ink): Dean Swift's Advice to Footmen ; SIGNATURE: recto, lwr. r. (pen and ink): Rowl[ill.]dson [center obscured by water damge]
Accession Number:  MH 1961.1.D.RIV
Credit Line:Purchase with the Hollingsworth Fund
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
three figures around a dinner table; footman stands behind table between two seated women that look at eachother in surprise due to the footman spilling soup onto the table; inscribed along top margin: "Take off the largest dishes and set them on with one hand to show the ladies your Vigour and strength of the back, but always do it between the ladies that if the dish happens to slip the soup or sauce may fall on their cloaths and not daub the floor-"

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cartoons

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