A short, soot-covered chimney-sweep embraces a tall, pretty kitchen maid who holds a spoon in her hand. His bag and brush are on the floor by the baking oven behind him. Another chimney-sweep, sitting in the cavity of the cold fireplace and chewing on bones, watches the pair. On the wall above the bake oven hang copper and brass pots and pans and a chopper and a ballad sheet; on the mantel above the fireplace are candesticks and a mortar and pestle
Alternative Title:
Enterprising chimney sweeper
Description:
Title from caption etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Four lines of verse in two columns below title: So fine a girl! you must belie her, would never let that sweep come nigh her ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted to 36 x 26 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd April 26, 1772, by W. Humphrey at the Shell Warehouse, St. Martins Lane
Subject (Topic):
Chimney sweeps, Embracing, Kitchens, Ovens, Pots & pans, and Servants
