"Four gentlemen beside a curtained bed in which a black woman reclines; she reaches out to touch the chin of one of the men who has evidently just pulled back the curtain"--British Museum catalogue
"Four gentlemen beside a curtained bed in which a black woman reclines; she reaches out to touch the chin of one of the men who has evidently just pulled back the curtain."--British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:
Discovery
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd 1st May 1788, by Molton & Co., 132 Pall Mall
The interior of a salon, with a game of faro degenerating into a brawl between two women, with one pulling the cap and wig off her opponent while exposing her breast. A male player uses the the distraction to scoop another player's coins into his hat....
Alternative Title:
Recent fracas at Mrs. Roundabout's faro bank
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Subject (Topic):
Salons (Social spaces), Gambling, Card games, Fighting, Seduction, and Wigs
"Two sailors are bargaining with a scantily clad Indian girl with a basket of fruit. Although pineapples were luxury goods at this time, the mirror, and in particular the watch offered by the seaman on the left represent a disproportionately high pric...
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Published Jan. 1st, 1794, by C. Knight at Wm. Bonds, No. 98 Charlotte Street, Rathbone Place, London
A young woman sits curled in a chair before a fire in a grate, looking directly at the viewer with a seductive gaze. Beside her a cat is curled up begging to be petted
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pub'd July 1st, 1802 by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Cats, Fireplaces, Seduction, Women, and Young adults
"A pretty and coquettishly dressed milkmaid stands full-face, her pails hung from a wooden yoke across her shoulders. Her expression and pose suggest that she is about to receive favourably the overtures of an elderly beau who stands ogling behind her...
Alternative Title:
Printems et l'hiver and Printemps et l'hiver
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carrington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Milkmen & milkwomen, Pails, Villages, Seduction, Yokes, and Allegorical prints
A scene in a bedroom beside a canopy bed: A older gentleman with a caricatured face embraces a young servant woman who holds a warming pan in one hand and candlestick in the other. The man's wig is smoldering from the flame of the candle. The man's y...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. by W. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
Subject (Topic):
Bedrooms, Candlesticks, Canopy beds, Interiors, Seduction, Servants, and Women domestics
