Original soft-ground etching with caption. Plate size, 10 1/4″ x 7″ (26 cm x 17.8 cm) plus margins. Caricature of a servant offering a glass of wine. Caption is from Martial, reading “You’d do well not to drink wine” (in Latin). Light foxing to margins and plate background; drawing otherwise clean. Pond was an 18th c. engraver, especially noted for his portraits and engravings after Italian old masters.