A very fat alderman in a furred livery gown and tie-wig, with a very protruding stomach, is being fed with turtle soup, &amp;c. He is seated in an armchair on a small dais inscribed, '"Fair round Belly with good capon lin'd", Shakespear'. A lean French cook (left), with a very long queue and ruffled shirt, stands in profile to the right holding out a tureen inscribed 'Turtle'; he says, "By gar, if de paunch vos not as thick as de head he vos burst". Another cook puts soup into the Alderman's mouth with a spoon. At their feet are five empty dishes and a sauce-boat. Behind the alderman (right) approach two waiters, one bringing an ice-pudding, the other a bottle of 'Champaign' and a glass; he says, "By Got, his worship to fill de Belly will empty My Lor's cellar". At their feet are three empty plates and six empty wine-bottles inscribed 'Champaign', 'Hock', 'Burgundy', 'Claret'. Above the alderman's head is inscribed: 'O ye Cooks! what havock Gluttony makes among your Works'.
<p><br>On each side of the title is an escutcheon, one (left) with the City arms, the other (right) with a turtle. Beneath the title twelve lines of verse are etched, beginning:
<br><br>'First in Glutton's list stands K--tch--n 
<br>His appetite is ev'r itching; 
<br>With Turtle stiff, and solid haunch, 
<br>The hungry Cit Balloons his paunch ;'   9 November 1784
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<br>Etching with hand-colouring
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<p>Print made by: William Dent
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<dl><dd>Published by: J Brown</dd></dl></div>
1784<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1784-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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