A large black woman, smiling in her sleep, lies in a bed surrounded by bedcurtains. She wears a cap and earrings, and her large breasts hang out over her nightclothes. A thin old, white man also in nightclothes and a night cap ogles her by the candle...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by W. Holland, Oxford St.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain,
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Candlesticks, Canopy beds, Lust, and Sleepwear
Title from broadside that was illustrated with this image. Cf. No. 4008 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4
An old, toothless man in a simple coat buttoned up to his chin, a cocked hat, and eyeglasses, is [presumably since the chair was not drawn] sitting at a tea table on which are two teacups and saucers and a teapot. He is holding a candlestick in his ri...
Alternative Title:
Old man with candlestick sitting at a tea table
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Pub. 15 Feb. 1783 by H. Humphrey, No. 51 New Bond Street
An old, toothless man in a simple coat buttoned up to his chin, a cocked hat, and eyeglasses, is [presumably since the chair was not drawn] sitting at a tea table on which are two teacups and saucers and a teapot. He is holding a candlestick in his ri...
Alternative Title:
Old man with candlestick sitting at a tea table
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Pub. 15 Feb. 1783 by H. Humphrey, No. 51 New Bond Street
