British plenty [graphic]

Description

Title: British plenty [graphic]
Creator: Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Singleton, Henry, 1766-1839, artist.
Published / Created: [approximately 1794]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: "A sailor on shore, holding a bottle, with a well-dressed young prostitute on each arm, the one on his [left] arm carries a cauliflower while the other holds up her dress; a boat moored against the quay in the [left] foreground, ships at sea and a fortification in the [left] background."--British Museum online catalogue, description of another print engraved after the same painting
Description: Title from text below image.
Date inferred from that of another print after the same painting, published by C. Knight in 1794, showing the identical scene in reverse. See British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1881,0409.25.
Companion print to: Scarcity in India.
Provenance: Donald A. Heald; April 2023.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 58.4 x 44 cm, on sheet 62.7 x 49 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English