On the right, a hatched-faced woman, in a Duchess of Devonshire hat and costume, sits in front of a harpsichord with a sheet of music entitled "Time has not thinned my flowing hair." On her lap is a book labelled Werter (Goethe's Sorrows of Young Werther). Behind her on the wall between two framed paintins is a round clock carved with the motif of Father Time and his scythe. On the left a very bored looking young man slouches in his chair. Out of his pocket sticks a paper on which is written "Ye gods ye gave to me a wife." On the floor in front of the woman lies a book entitled "Loves labour lost by Shakes (i.e. William Shakespeare's Loves labour lost)."
Description:
Title from item. and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Sepr. 10th, 1786 by E. Jackson No. 14 Mary-le-bone Street, G: Square
Subject (Topic):
Clocks & watches, Floor coverings, Furniture, and Harpsichords
