The unlucky discovery [graphic].

Description

Title: The unlucky discovery [graphic].
Contributor: Bowles, Carington, 1724-1793, publisher.
Published / Created: publish'd 1 Jany 1771.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for Carington Bowles, Map & Printseller, No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Abstract: A young woman sits on the edge of a bed hung with curtains, as an older woman points accusingly at her, an angry look on her face and a pair of men's breeches in her hand. The young woman has a look of shame and sorrow on her face as she holds a cloth to her head
Description: Title etched below image.
Four lines of verse in two columns on each side of title: Lurks there a vice in female breast? Like wind, It rages most when most it is confin'd. It will have Vent, to shew uys plainly still, That female Wit, can rival female Will.
Provenance: I.K. Fletcher; March 1968;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 25.2 x 35.4 cm, on sheet 27 x 37 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1771
Mezzotints England London 1771
Material: mezzotint ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Adultery
Beds
Mothers
Trousers
Women
Young adults
Subjects: Adultery
Beds
Mothers
Trousers
Women
Young adults
England > 1771
England > London > 1771

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