Return from a Masquerade - a morning scene (BM 1935,0522.1.206)
Summary
Two grinning chairmen, walking diagonally right to left. towards the spectator, carry a sedan-chair, from the side window of which hang the head and shoulders of a lady, asleep or drunk, her left arm hanging down outside the chair. She is dressed as a shepherdess, a garland of flowers in her hair; in her right hand is a crook which also projects through the window. Beside the chair (right) walks a little grinning chimney-sweep, very broad and short, with soot-bag and brush, but with a striped turban or cloth on his head and holding up a smiling mask. The chair is crossing an open space or wide street, probably Covent Garden, with houses in the background. 1784
Hand-coloured mezzotint
Date
1784
Source
British Museum
Copyright info
public domain