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Advice to a Publican, or a Secret Worth Knowing

1810
Not on view
A Publican stands at right visiting a man's office and asks him, "I read Sir an advertisement from your Office that for a Guinea premium you would inform Publicans how they might sell more Porter than usual – there Sir is the Guinea – and now let me know the Secret."; the man at left responds, "I will tell you sir in three words. it is simply this. Fill your Pots."

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Advice to a Publican, or a Secret Worth Knowing
  • Artist: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)
  • Artist: After George Murgatroyd Woodward (British, 1765–1809 London)
  • Date: 1810
  • Medium: Hand-colored etching
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 13 3/16 in. (21 × 33.5 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
  • Object Number: 59.533.2095
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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