A Trifling Mistake!!
Print
1803-1809
1803-1809
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| Place of origin |
A wealthy man sits, with his well-dressed daughters, around a table in a fashionable interior. He is wearing gentleman's 'undress', including an informal soft cap, and his foot is wrapped and raised to indicate that he has gout, a condition associated with the consumption of rich food and wine. To their right, a liveried servant holds a tray containing fish. The speech bubbles indicate that the man has sent his servant to purchase two parasols for his daughters - the servant, misunderstanding, has brought home two pairs of soles (i.e. sole fish).
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | A Trifling Mistake!! (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | Hand-coloured etching. |
| Brief description | Satirical print, 'A Trifling Mistake!!" after George Moutard Woodward, London c.1803-09 |
| Physical description | In a fashionable interior, a middle-aged man and two fashionably-dressed young women sit at a table laden with confectionery and port wine. To their right, a liveried male servant stands, holding a tray which contains several fish. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by John Jones |
| Object history | Object originally bound in a guard-book containing one hundred and fifteen caricatures by T. Rowlandson, W. Heath, J. Gillray, R. Dighton, G. Cruikshank and others |
| Summary | A wealthy man sits, with his well-dressed daughters, around a table in a fashionable interior. He is wearing gentleman's 'undress', including an informal soft cap, and his foot is wrapped and raised to indicate that he has gout, a condition associated with the consumption of rich food and wine. To their right, a liveried servant holds a tray containing fish. The speech bubbles indicate that the man has sent his servant to purchase two parasols for his daughters - the servant, misunderstanding, has brought home two pairs of soles (i.e. sole fish). |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 1232:13-1882 |
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| Record created | June 8, 2009 |
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