print;
satirical print
- Museum number
- 1868,0808.9079
- Title
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Object: Coplinda Lindhursta the cook
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Series: Household servants in six plates - by William Heath
- Description
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Lyndhurst stands by a fierce kitchen fire (right) holding a ladle made out of the Mace, and holding up a pair of double eye-glasses, looking fixedly at the spectator. He wears a white cap with long lappets resembling the Chancellor's wig, black gown, white-apron, and the Purse of the Great Seal suspended from his waist as a pocket. On a spit a huge sirloin is roasting, inscribed 'Slice of Johnny' [Bull], from which fat pours into the 'Chancery Dripping Pan'. A big kettle among the flames emits a cloud of steam inscribed 'Let us out.' He says: 'I do rule the roast—and certainly can get a sop in the pan when ever I please—but my Spouse is a sad plague to me.' Oct 10 1829
Hand-coloured etching
- Production date
- 1829
- Dimensions
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Height: 372 millimetres
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Width: 260 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- (Description and comment from M. Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', XI, 1954)
For Lady Lyndhurst see No. 15705. For the Court of Chancery cf. Nos. 15139, 15517. Cf. No. 15902.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1868
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1868,0808.9079
