The contrast utrum horum mavis accipe. [graphic][approximately 1760]engA representation of contrasting feelings and emotions in two separate oval frames on one plate. In the left one, a dejected-looking middle-aged man is gazing ahead with unseeing eyes. His chin rests on the handle of the cane that he is holding up with both hands, chapeau-bras. His forehead is creased with worry and his mouth downturned. In the frame on the right, a stout middle-aged man laughs joyously pointing to sad man on the leftTitle from item.Publication date from an unverified card catalog record.Sheet trimmed within plate mark.Later state, with the background mezzotinted, of a print made and published by Thomas Bakewell in 1737.Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.Temporary local subject terms: Contrasts.Window mounted to 27 x 37 cm.