Print made by Isaac Cruikshank, 1764–1811, British, An Abyssinian Breakfast, 1791
- Title:
An Abyssinian Breakfast
- Date:
- 1791
- Medium:
- Etching and sitpple engraving, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 11 3/16 × 13 15/16 inches (28.4 × 35.4 cm), Image: 9 3/4 × 13 11/16 inches (24.7 × 34.8 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered, lower left: "There, which the squeamish souls, Britain shocks, | Rich steaks devouring from the living ox; | Here starving are thee from the realm of water, | Full many a virtuoso allegator;"; lower center: "London Pubd March 3, 1791 by W Holland No 50 Oxford St. | AN ABYSSINIAN BREAKFAST."; lower right: "There, Br[...] informing queens, in naked pride, | The feel and colour of a Scotsman's hide; | Here of the genealogy a tree, | Branching from Solomon's wise trunk to thee."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.1870
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- animal art | blood | caricature | crabs | crocodiles | cruelty | dinner | dogs (animals) | fish | food | forest | frogs (animals) | genre subject | gods | hieroglyphics | humor | kilts | knives | lion | meal | meat | men | monkeys | mountains | old | ox | river | satire | statue | surprise | tartan | tents | women | wound
- Associated Places:
- England | Europe | Scotland | United Kingdom
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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