The ladies lamentation for [the] loss of Senesino [graphic]Bickham, George, 1706?-1771, printmakerdate as it appears.eng"Satire on Italian opera singers and their female admirers, a copy in reverse of British Museum satire no. 1694. Senesino, tall and ungainly, stands a quayside, recoiling from the effusive farewells of two ladies, one holding a handkerchief to her eyes; a number of gentlemen raise their hats and one bows low; two other men stand behind, one with a walking stick and a cloak over his arm. To the right, two servants, one a black man, carry a board, labelled "Ready Mony", piled high with bulging purses; Two jeering men to the right of the original print do not appear. Printed above a song mocking ladies crying at the departure of Senesino with music 'Set for ye German flute &c.'; illustration to 'The Musical Entertainer'."--British Museum online catalogueTitle engraved below image.Numbered "38" in upper right.Sheet trimmed to image with loss of all text and music. Title, numbering, and printmaker from impression in the British Museum online catalogue.On page 43 in volume 1.A ms. note in Steevens's hand above: A contemporary print of English ladies &c bidding farewell to Senesino.