Strike while the iron's hot (or The consequence of not answering a bell)

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Strike while the iron's hot (or The consequence of not answering a bell)

Caricature etching with publisher's colouring of an African servant being threatened with a hot poker after failing to bring his master's tea on time.

The work was drawn, etched and published by Richard Dighton (1785-1880), on 10 January 1822.

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Object Details

ID:	ZBA2433
Collection:	Special collections
Type:	Print
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Dighton, Richard
Date made:	10 January 1822
People:	Dighton, Richard
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Michael Graham-Stewart Slavery Collection. Acquired with the assistance of the Heritage Lottery Fund
Measurements:	Sheet: 208 mm x 276 mm; Image: 198 mm x 273 mm; Mount: 320 mm x 440 mm