Description
Print/Etching in Excellent condition.
Frame shows some wear and loss to gilding.
Physical Description:
Print: etching on laid paper, hand-coloured
Plate mark 35.5 x 24.5 cm, on sheet 39.2 x 26.3 cm.
A courtesan sits in a small armchair beside a small round tea-table, holding a cup in an affected manner. Behind her, on the chair, is a cat. A negro foot-boy in livery stands behind the table holding the tap of an urn which is filling the tea-pot. Both look towards the spectator with heads tilted to the left. A picture, freely sketched but apparently pornographic, hangs on the wall. From the ceiling hangs a cage containing a parrot. On the floor is an elegant rug with a scrolled design.
See British Museum online catalogue.
I have only found versions of this in British Museum (No.1851,0901,326) and Yale University collections.
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