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1. The rival maids [graphic]
- Creator:
- Heins, John, 1732-1771, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [ca.1772]
- Call Number:
- 772.03.02.06
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A maid seated at a table and petting a cat, is flirting with a footman leaning with his arms on the back of her chair. A large knife lies on the table pointing at the pair; next to it, below a basket full of sheets, hangs a piece of paper inscribed, The pride & vanity of a footman. In the background, another maid, busy mending a garment, looks at them with disapproval and jealousy. Behind on the wall hangs a shelf with plates and a jug
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Domestic service: maidservants -- Footman -- Furniture: chairs -- Dish rack -- Romantic jealousy -- Domestic life., and Mounted to 18 x 20 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Baskets and Cats
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The rival maids [graphic]
