Three woman and a man advance from the left with a blanket on which to toss an unsuspecting artist who is seated at the right side of the print. All display the excessive hair styles of the period. The individuals with the blanket appear to be characters from a print which hangs on the wall behind them, "The back-side of a front row" (British Museum cataloge 5430), who have come to punish the artist for his caricatures. The artist holds in his hand "Miss Shuttle cock" (British Museum catalogue 5376) which also bears the monogram RS, thereby identifying the artist as Richard Sneer. Another print on the wall, entitled "Lex talionis", depicts a person being tossed in a blanket
Alternative Title:
Lady's revenge
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Publisher's initials "MD" form a monogram., Artist identified in British Museum catalogue as Richard Sneer, possibly Richard Brinsley Sheridan., Quotation beneath design: Heus bone, tu palles? pers., and Annotated with contemporary pencilled identification of subjects above design.
Title written on verso in pencil., Date supplied by curator., Place of creation derived from artist's place of residence., Blind stamped and signed "F Boyden" in pencil., No. 18 in exhibit catalog, The Irreverences, provocations & connivances of Uncle Skulky: a suite of twenty-one prints by Frank Boyden. Portland, OR: Portland Art Museum, 2004., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and "8/11" in pencil lower left.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Alcoholism, Drinking of alcoholic beverages, Lust, Bottles, Skeletons, Genitals, and Ducks
Title in pencil on verso., Blind stamped and signed in pencil lower margin: "F Boyden 03"., Place of creation derived from artist's place of residence., No. 9 in exhibit catalog, The Irreverences, provocations & connivances of Uncle Skulky: a suite of twenty-one prints by Frank Boyden. Portland, OR: Portland Art Museum, 2004., and In pencil, "10/10".
