| Maker(s): | Rowlandson, Thomas, attributed to |
| Culture: | British (1756-1827)
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| Title: | Dean Swift's Advice to Footmen
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| Date Made: | 18th or 19th century
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| Type: | Drawing
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| Materials: | Watercolor, ink and wash on cream wove paper.
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| Place Made: | Europe; United Kingdom; Great Britain; England
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| Measurements: | sheet: 11 x 8 5/6 in.; 27.94 x 22.4366 cm; mat: 14 1/4 x 19 1/4 in.
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| 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]
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| Accession Number: | MH 1961.1.D.RIV
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| Credit Line: | Purchase with the Hollingsworth Fund
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| Museum Collection: | Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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