Caricature etching of a man and woman at a kitchen table with a knife, meat and dead game birds on the floor, 1786.

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A caricature etching shows a man in 18th-century dress offering a plate at a kitchen table while a woman holds a knife over a joint of meat. Dead game birds lie on the floor in the foreground, and a bust stands in the background beside a doorway. A printed caption with quoted lines appears below the scene.

Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
Date: 1786
Medium: Etching on paper
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 1267 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1786).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

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