<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:title>The jealous maids [graphic]</dc:title><dc:creator>Laurie, Robert, 1755-1836, printmaker</dc:creator><dc:date>publish'd as the act directs, 2nd March 1772.</dc:date><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:description>A pretty young maid seated at a table is flirting with a footman leaning with his arms on the back of her chair. She is petting a cat; two kittens are playing in a basket  on another chair. In the background, another maid, busy mending a garment, looks at them with disapproval and jealousy. Behind on the wall hangs a shelf with plates, a warming pan and a placard (playbill?) entitled, "The Rival Maids."</dc:description><dc:description>Title from item.</dc:description><dc:description>Four lines of verse in two columns on sides of title: His lordship loves the amourous game; His gadding lady does the same ...</dc:description><dc:description>Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.</dc:description><dc:description>Temporary local subject terms: Domestic service: maidservants -- Footman -- Furniture -- Dish rack -- Warming pan -- Romantic jealousy -- Domestic life -- Dishes: forks and spoons.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>