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A disappointed dinnerhunter A bullet in ; A long sermon ; A neglected genius
Title
A disappointed dinnerhunter [art original] ; A bullet in ; A long sermon ; A neglected genius.
Production
[England], [between 1830 and 1852]
Physical Description
1 drawing : ink and gray wash ; sheet 216 x 264 mm
Medium
wove paper.
Notes
Title from captions written each image.
Date of creation based on Grant's known years of activity.
Provenance
Purchased from Jarndyce Antiquarian Booksellers, November 2013.
Summary
A drawing of four scenes, with caricatured figures with large heads and very small bodies. Upper left: A man with a monocle (right) inquires of the butler on a threshold with pillar to his left, "Is your master within. No Mr. Smallfeast he's gone out to dinner. Oh dear me, well your mistress will do just the same. & She's out Sir. How provoking. Well, I'll set down by the fire till they come home. I'm sorry to tell you that that's gone out to." Upper right: A soldier is shot by a man (Turk?) hiding in the tall grass and pointing a rifle. Lower half, left: In a pulpit a bald minister with spectacles rants and he holds up a Bible in his left hand ready to throw it at the sleeping congregation below, " Ye sleepy crew if ye wont hear the owrd of God ye shall feel it." Lower right: A simpleton in artist attire holds up a piece of paper with a stick figure drawing and says, "Don't you think I improve."
Variant and related titles
A bullet in.
A long sermon.
A neglected genius.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 27, 2013
Subjects
Genre/Form
Satires (Visual works) - England - 19th century.
Ink drawings - British - 19th century.
Wash drawings - British - 19th century.
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