[A mother abbess of the last class] [graphic].March 1st, 1773.eng"Plate 4 of a series of courtesans, see British Museum Satires No. 5177, the title showing that she is the keeper of a brothel. A stout truculent-looking woman in profile to the left. Her face is heavily patched. She wears a mob-cap, beneath which her hair appears on her forehead and below her ear; over her shoulders is a handkerchief, and round her neck a string of beads."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier stateTitle from earlier state.Later state, with title burnished from plate. Cf. No. 5181 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram.Plate numbered "4" in upper left corner.