Qui color albus erat, nunc est contrarius albo [art original].[ca. 1743]engA confrontation in a bedchamber between a black woman in a nightgown in bed and four men who surround her canopy bed. One man holds a candle. The woman is slapping the one man to her right on the cheek while another pulls him away. A fourth man is pointing towards her shoulderInscription in ink under title in Horace Walpole's hand: " [A black girl imp[...]ed on High[...] Manager of Drury lane]. These three from plates in Mr Ireland's collection."Inscription in ink: From Horace Walpole's Collection. Bought at Strawberry Hill Sale 1842. The remarks in his hand.Text in Latin and English.See British Museum. Catalogue of political and personal Satires, v. 3, no. 2600.Tracing of original print.Samuel Ireland, English printmaker and writer, d. 1800.