Two stout 'cits' sit at a small round dinner-table on which is a steaming joint of beef. One (left), holding a loaf, cuts a large slice, saying: "Bread raised again a penny in the quartern! and a bad harvest! - What is to become of the poor?" The other (right), knife and fork held erect, puts an enormous chunk to a mouth gaping to capacity; he answers: "We shall all be starved - that's inevitable!" An ungainly servant in livery (left), standing stiffly with his hand in his coat-pocket, looks at him with surprise. A decanter is on the table, a basket of wine-bottles on the floor (left).  November 1799
<br>Hand-coloured etching and aquatint
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<p>After: George Moutard Woodward
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<dl><dd>Published by: William Holland</dd></dl></div>
1799<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1799-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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