Wilson, James, approximately 1735-approximately 1786, printmaker
Published / Created:
[16 February 1772]
Call Number:
772.02.16.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A fashionably dressed young woman sits at a writing table as she seals an envelope with her stamp while her maid, standing in front of the table, waits attentively. A picture on the wall behind them depicts Cupid flying with an envelope in his hand. From behind a curtain on the right, a man peers into the room, curious and wide-eyed. The title perhaps a specific reference to the play of the same title by Benjamin Hoadly
Description:
Title from caption below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Cuckolds -- Letters: love letters -- Pictures amplifying subject -- Furniture: ladderback chair -- Candle holders., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Publish'd Feby. 16, 1772 by R. Marshall, N. 4 Aldermary Church Yard
