[The Twelve Months Represented by Lilliputian Figures.] December.Sir Machiavel Nietherside a Coffee house Politician and Nick Sitr-it-up the Coffee boy, Boy, bring my Osborn Fog and Danvers, and Walsingham - that I may canvas. The state of Billingsgate and know, Which does most dirt and scandal throw. Who gives the lie with the best grace, And who can best call names apace.

[Printed and Sold by John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill.] [n.d. c.1740.]
Engraving. 248 x 148mm (9¾ x 5¾"). Cut and laid on album sheet.
Scene in December, a dwarf is served coffee as he sits smoking. Below: a man kneels on top of a wild pig to cut it open.
[Ref: 15961] £290.00