Military man-trap [graphic].

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Description

Title
Military man-trap [graphic].
Contributor
Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm), publisher.
Published / Created
as the Act directs 25 Sepr. 1780.
Publication Place
London : Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, Map & Printseller, No, 53 Fleet Street
Abstract

A well-dressed prostitute 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.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint. Imprint and dimensions supplied from impression in the British Museum online catalogue. See British Museum number 2010,7081.1306.
Verse in two columns below image: "In the tent how engageing the charmer reclines, the stoutest of hero's to love she inclines; she's a trap, to catch captain's; you're lost & undone, if once you attack her, as sure as a gun."
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
No. 54 in a bound in a collection of 69 prints with a manuscript title page: A collection of drolleries.
Bound in half red morocco with marbled paper boards and spine title "Facetious" in gold lettering.
Sheet 34.3 x 25.0 cm.
Provenance
From the H.J. Peters sale, Sotheby's, lot 230; December 1960;
Extent
1 print : sheet 35.4 x 25.2 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Folio 75 C697 770

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Satires (Visual works) England 1780
Mezzotints England London 1780
Material
mezzotint ; and laid paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Topic)
Military camps
Prostitutes
Rugs
Screens
Sofas
Tents
Subjects
Military camps
Prostitutes
Rugs
Screens
Sofas
Tents
England > 1780
England > London > 1780

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
11665263
Object ID (OID)
16192328

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