"A lady (left) darts forward in profile to the right, bending low, both arms extended towards a coal-scuttle which a footman in livery is bringing in. He looks at her with irritated dismay. She says: "O You pretty creature! - bless the dear baby, how it smiles give it to me Nurse - it has exactly its papa's nose & mamma's eyes. O it is a delightful little Creature." She wears a plain striped gown with a sash, a high-crowned hat of checked material; ringlets fall on her shoulders."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Short sighted mistake
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Reduced copy of a print originally published by S.W. Fores in 1792., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered '20' in the lower left corner., A reduced copy of no. 8211 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., and Temporary local subject terms: Furnishings: coal scuttles -- Domestic service: footmen.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 1st, 1806 by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
