High life below stairs, or, Mungo addressing himself to my lady's maid [graphic]Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, printmaker1st Jany. 1772.engA fashionably dressed young maid sitting in an ornate armchair by a round table with an almost empty wine bottle and glasses on it, is being embraced by a black manservant sitting on a stool in front of her. Another black servant is sitting sideways on a chair near them. He is tipping it perilously as he tries with a great effort to play a horn. An open book lies on the floor in the foreground and a painting on the wall in the background is partially covered by an ornate curtainTitle from item.The printmaker's name from other prints signed by William Humphrey as 'Umfrey' and published by Sayer.Plate numbered '207' in lower right corner.One line of text below title: For wine inspires us, and fires us, with courage, love and joy, &c.Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.Temporary local subject terms: Black manservants -- Musical instruments: horn -- Furniture: round table -- Chairs -- Furnishings: curtain -- Painting -- Effects of wine.