The interior of a coffee-house or tavern. Two men drink wine at a table on the extreme left. Two stand beside the semicircular bar (right) behind which stands a buxom woman. On the wall which forms a background are three pegs, inscribed respectively: (left to right) 'for little puppies', 'for great puppies', 'for overgrown puppies'. To the first, which is the lowest, is hitched by the back of his coat, a small man wearing top-boots, who struggles to free himself. A large man at the table points to him, saying: "as you're too small a breed d'ye see to bestow a tharshing [sic] upon, and breaking your bones will not be discarnable, Stand there my little Magpye till you can hold your impertinent Tongue." All smile; a waiter (right) is broadly amused.   27 January 1800
<br>Hand-coloured etching
1800<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1800-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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