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modern cartoon / drawing: How to dispense with servants in the dining room

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Date

1874-1944

Artist

William Heath Robinson (1872-1944)

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http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=737407

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How to dispense with servants in the dining room; a man, woman and child sitting at a table set for tea, each pulling on a chain, connected to a pulley system which delivers plates, food and wine, in the foreground a cat, using another contraption, serves itself some milk, within a border. Pen and black ink and watercolour.

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CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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© Trustees of the British Museum

Location

England

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Drink
Interiors
People
Food

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People & Society

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