A young wanton [graphic].

Description

Title: A young wanton [graphic].
Contributor: Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm), publisher.
Published / Created: June 1, 1777.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, map & printsellers, No. 53 Fleet Street, as the act directs
Abstract: "A young woman wearing a semi-transparent and low-cut dress sitting with her arm on the back of her chair, fingers knit together, glancing coquettishly towards the viewer, while a man enters the room in the background to left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title engraved below image.
Two lines of text from Proverbs VI:25-6 engraved below title: Lust not after her beauty in thine heart, neither let her take thee with her eye-lids. For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread.
For a similar droll with the same title and quotation, engraved by John Raphael Smith and published 12 June 1776 by Carington Bowles.
Provenance: Grosvenor Prints; March 2025.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 35.7 x 26 cm, on sheet 37.4 x 27 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English