Title

'A General Fast in consequence of the War!!', 1794. Artist: Isaac Cruikshank

Caption

'A General Fast in consequence of the War!!', 1794. Two separate views: Lambeth, showing an archbishop and his family gorging at the dinner table; and Spitalfields, showing a weaver and his family in rags and starving. There was great distress among the Spitalfields weavers at the end of the 18th century and the clergy were accused of indifference to their plight.

Date

1794

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/City of London : The London Archives

Reference

HRM19A99_045

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Droits gérés

Available size

20,2Mo (1,2Mo) / 27,0cm x 18,8cm / 3186 x 2218 (300dpi)

Keywords

wealth London England food female women woman people male interior indoors job man men hunger family religious country religion guy occupation meal British English color colour abundance weaver contrast Christianity poor poverty war wealthy hungry location century Britain profession inside starvation lady concept plenty indulgence feast bishop cartoon hardship starving 18th century Eighteenth Century Lambeth Tower Hamlets Guildhall Library & Art Gallery archbishop East End feasting French Revolutionary Wars Spitalfields TGN etching satire Isaac Cruikshank Cruikshank Isaac