"Two Londoners in riding-dress, in the parlour of a country inn, gape at a dwarfish, old, and hideous barmaid who enters (on pattens) with a jug of ale. One has been tricked by the other's ballad on 'Nature's child! sweet maid of Mim' to expect a rustic belle."--British Museum catalogue.
Description:
Date of publication from Grego., Temporary local subject terms: Male costume -- Riding-habit -- Barmaids -- Female costume -- Pattens -- Ale., and Title etched above image.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist.