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print
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satirical print
Object Type
print
satirical print
Museum number
1935,0522.1.142
Title
Object:
The Unlucky Visit, or a Discovery of the Tid-Bit for Old Square-Toes
Description
Satire on sexual relations: a young man carrying a driving whip enters a bedroom to be greeted by an elderly man in a dressing gown and night-cap who raises his hands as if to urge the young man not to speak of the young woman hiding, half-dressed, in the bed; a wine bottle, glass and money bags are under a chair beside the bed, a small table laden with coins between the two men, and shelves stacked with large volumes against the wall behind; after date erased and number added. 1772 Hand-coloured mezzotint
Producer name
Published by:
Carington Bowles
School/style
British
Production date
1772
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
mezzotint
hand-coloured
Dimensions
Height:
347 millimetres
Width:
248 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
BM Satires / Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum
(4523)
Chaloner Smith 1883 / British Mezzotinto portraits from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century
(undescribed)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
satire
eroticism/sex
library
Acquisition name
Transferred from:
British Library
Acquisition date
1935
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1935,0522.1.142