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Prints: P1229
Title
Liston and the Lambkins or the Citizens Dinner Party
Subject
Artist
Date
1826
Dimensions
height: 14cm
width: 13.6cm
width: 13.6cm
Other materials
Hand coloured engraving
Provenance
Formerly in the collection of Professor Jim Davis, acquired by the Garrick Club in 2024
Other number
E0162
This print by Robert Cruikshank depicts the comedian John Liston out of character having been invited to a dinner party but expected to provide the entertainment for the family. Mr Liston sits in the centre of the table, looking harrassed, while a young boy holds up a print of Paul Pry. All those seated at the table are focused on Liston, some are pointing and laughing. A waiter on the left, spills a decanter of wine because he is laughing so much and a nurse on the far right holds up a small child to view the famous guest. The incident is recounted 'The English Spy', vol II (London, Shirrwood, Gilbert and Piper, 1826).
