A young man sits on a bench under a tree as he holds the hand of a pretty young maid. A piece of paper in her pocket has the words "Let us Polly do so to". At her side (right) a little boy plays gentle with a nest filled with eggs. A magpie sits on the edge of a basket filled with eggs. The young man points left to a pair of love birds on the wall behind, a dove cote in the yard of the house beyond. From behind the tree an old woman looks at the scene with anger, her first clenched. The cat on the fence beside her looks ready to pounce
Description:
Title engraved below image., Plate numbered '392'., and Publication date erased from this impression.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, at No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Anger, Boys, Cats, Couples, Dovecotes, Magpies, and Nests
