The natty, lad or Polish, dwarf taking an airing- (BM 1851,0901.329)

A lady walks in profile to the left, wearing a hat with an enormous brim; the puffed gauze covering her breast, and petticoats extended at the back, are much exaggerated. Her hands are in a muff. Seated on her projecting petticoats and sheltered by her hat-brim sits the 'Polish Dwarf in profile to the right, playing a fiddle and singing Mironton ton ton. Beneath the title is etched:

'T'ro de Storm Madame Phillis Conduct me,
T' amuse her Coeur Douce vid a Glee,
Sans Boue et Sans Sale, she Protect me
From de rain, vid her grand Parapluie:' 1 January 1787

Hand-coloured etching