Military man-trap [graphic].

Description

Title: Military man-trap [graphic].
Contributor: Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794, publisher.
Published / Created: 1. Octr. 1788.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for Robert Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street as the Act directs
Abstract: A well-dressed woman lounges on a sofa inside a tent in a military camp; behind her is a sword and a gorget. Behind the sofa is a screen with the same embroidered design; the ground is covered with an ornate rug. She holds a letter in her right hand and a riding crop in her left hand as she looks up at the viewer with a seductive smile. Her blouse is unbuttoned to expose her breasts. At her feet is a vase with flowers
Description: Title engraved below image.
Numbered '168' in lower left corner.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. iv.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 14. 9 x 11.4 cm, on sheet 20.0 x 14.0 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1788
Mezzotints England London 1788
Material: mezzotint with etching ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Military camps
Prostitutes
Screens
Sofas
Tents
Subjects: Military camps
Prostitutes
Screens
Sofas
Tents
England > 1788
England > London > 1788

Access: Public
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