Crimping a Quaker, 2 March 1814
Scope and Contents
Engraving (coloured impression). A handsome strapping woman stands in the doorway of a brothel, a corner house of some size (right), tugging hard at the neck-cloth of a plainly dressed man, saying: "Wont you come, wont you come Mr Mug" [a popular song, see No. 11205]. He leans back, pushing against the door-post and the woman’s chest, trying to escape, and saying: "Avaunt thee Satan". Two laughing prostitutes lean against him (left), pushing their posteriors against his, to prevent his escape; one of them, for better purchase, presses her hands and a foot against the post of the sign-board before the door. On this is a pictorial sign: 'Cat and Bagpipes'. A dog rushes barking towards the struggle. Behind (left), across the street, is a row of old houses with casement windows; washing hangs from a projecting pole. Grego, 'Rowlandson', ii. 276, 277 (outline copy). Partial description from the Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires Vol. IX. 12404.
Dates
- Creation: 2 March 1814
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Extent
1 Item(s)
Language of Materials
English
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