Anti-saccharrites, or, John Bull and his family leaving off the use of sugar : to the masters & mistresses of families in Great Britain this noble example in economy is respecfully submitted.
[London] : Pubd. March 27th 1792 by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street, [1792]
Printmaker from George.
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
The King, Queen, and six Princesses, three quarter length, are seated round a frugal tea-table. The King, in profile to the right, faces his daughters, holding his cup and saucer to his lips, and saying, with a staring eye, "delicious! delicious". The Queen sits in the centre behind the small tea-pot, holding her cup and saucer in bony fingers, and looking with a wide and cunning smile towards the Princesses, saying, "O my dear Creatures, do but Taste it! You can't think how nice it is without Sugar: - and then consider how much Work you'll save the poor Blackeemoors by leaving off the use of it! - and above all, remember how much expence it will save your poor Papa! - O its charming cooling Drink!" The Princess Royal sits at the end of the row, on the extreme right, with four sisters diminishing in age on her right, a sixth just indicated behind the Queen. They hold, but do not drink, cups of tea, with expressions varying from sulky discontent to defiant surprise.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.