A pretty young woman sits at a table opposite a fat, older man, asleep with his glasses pushed on his forehead. The sit before a fire in a bedroom with a canope over the bed or couch (left), a guitar leaning against it. Two other pretty young woman enter through the door. A bird in a cage hangs from the ceiling; a dog yawns at the feet of the seated woman. A book lies open on the table along with a carafe of wine. The couple both hold wine glasses.
Description:
Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Companion print to: A silly., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Title etched below image.
Subject (Name):
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Subject (Topic):
Bedrooms. , Birdcages., Dogs., Fireplaces., Guitars., Sleeping. , Women., and Young adults.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Signed in image, lower left., Temporary local subject terms: Hoaxes: allusion to bottle conjurer Male costume -- Furniture: chest -- Philosopher's stone., Title etched below image., and Traces of burnished lettering in lower right corner of design.
Subject (Name):
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Cagliostro, Alessandro,--conte di,--1743-1795--Caricatures and cartoons., and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Subject (Topic):
Alchemy., Fireplaces., Fraud., Jews,--depicted, Laboratories., Mortars & pestles., and Thermometers.