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A man administers a clyster to a greedy little boy who is laying across his mothers lap, his two siblings watch the scene with amusement. Engraving by J. Ouvrier after J.E. Schenau.

A wealthy man at his dinner table is offered a clyster by a servant. Lithograph by Tal-Zar.

A gouty man savouring his feast. Coloured aquatint by G. Hunt after E.Y.

Benjamin Marriot, a man who ate vast amounts of food. Coloured engraving.

A corpulent gentleman with indigestion. Line engraving, c. 18th century.

The clyster is prepared for a glutton. Colour line engraving by J.J. Leveau after himself, 1762.

An inuectiue ageinst glotony and dronkennes.

The great sins of drunkeness and gluttony set forth in the proper colours : And by Scripture sentences and pious meditations briefly confirmed.

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Benjamin Marriot, a man who ate vast amounts of food. Coloured engraving.

A corpulent gentleman with indigestion. Line engraving, c. 18th century.

The clyster is prepared for a glutton. Colour line engraving by J.J. Leveau after himself, 1762.

An inuectiue ageinst glotony and dronkennes.

The great sins of drunkeness and gluttony set forth in the proper colours : And by Scripture sentences and pious meditations briefly confirmed.