The paintress [graphic].[15 May 1772]engA ragged, grinning chimney-sweep posed for his portrait in front of a round table in an elegant room. The artist is a young woman in fashionable mob cap, sitting on the opposite side of the table, palette in her left hand and adding finishing touches to her work. A painting above on the wall shows a group of dancing satyrsTitle engraved below image.One line of quote below title: The proper study of mankind is man.Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.Temporary local subject terms: Trades: chimney sweeps -- Artists: paintress -- Female dress, 1772 -- Artist's implements: palette and brushes -- Table-top easel with box -- Furnishings: carpet -- Pictures amplifying subject -- Travesties: travesty of artists -- Literature: quotation from An Essay on Man by Alexander Pope (1688-1744).