The jealous maids [graphic]

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Title: The jealous maids [graphic]
Creator: Laurie, Robert, 1755-1836, printmaker
Contributor: Collet, John, 1725?-1780, artist.
Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794, publisher.
Published / Created: publish'd as the act directs, 2nd March 1772.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for Robt. Sayer, No. 53 in Fleet Street, London
Abstract: A pretty young maid seated at a table is flirting with a footman leaning with his arms on the back of her chair. She is petting a cat; two kittens are playing in a basket on another chair. In the background, another maid, busy mending a garment, looks at them with disapproval and jealousy. Behind on the wall hangs a shelf with plates, a warming pan and a placard (playbill?) entitled, "The Rival Maids."
Description: Title from item.
Four lines of verse in two columns on sides of title: His lordship loves the amourous game; His gadding lady does the same ...
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Temporary local subject terms: Domestic service: maidservants -- Footman -- Furniture -- Dish rack -- Warming pan -- Romantic jealousy -- Domestic life -- Dishes: forks and spoons.
Provenance: Suckling; February 1960;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 25.1 x 33.9 cm, on sheet 27 x 36 cm
Language: English

Genre: Genre prints
Mezzotints England London 1772
Material: mezzotint ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Women domestics
Servants
Envy
Baskets
Cats
Chairs
Tables
Subjects: Women domestics
Servants
Envy
Baskets
Cats
Chairs
Tables
England > London > 1772

Access: Public
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