L&T Archive 1998-2003

And after dinner the babies arrived!

Finally got around to scanning this amusing print of Rowlandson's called: The Miseries of London: Babies.

It was published 9th April, 1807 and the caption to the print reads as follows:
After dinnner with a favourite party when the cloth has been removed and the wine of conversation as well as the bottle is just beginning to brighten - seeing the door open and a string of staring babies brought in and carried round to be carressed and admired during the rest of the sitting - an outrage from which there is not even a bye law or dead letter statute under our otherwise happy constitution that will afford you the smallest redress.

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mealtime question
Late Rising, Long Fasting, Over-eating....
And after dinner the babies arrived!
How Fascinating! Thank you (nfm)