The CONTRAST.

Dateca. 1780

After work by Robert Dighton (1752-1814)

Publisher Carington Bowles (1724 - 1793)

OriginEngland, London

MediumBlack and white mezzotint engraving with period hand color

DimensionsOH: 14 1/8" x OW: 10 1/4"; Plate H: 13 7/8" x W: 9 7/8"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1955-183

DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "The CONTRAST./ Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles,/ N.o 69 in S.t Pauls Church Yard, London./ R. Dighton del./ Ve ave beat a you/ Dam-mi-na-bly./ _You Lye_/ Damnably./ Published as the Act directs [date erased]"
Label TextThe interior of a tap room is shown with a Frenchman seated at left wering a black hat, red coat, and light blue breeches. He is facing a seated stout Englishman wearing black hat, blue coat, striped waistcoat, yellow breeches, and puffing on a clay pipe. In the background, a barmaid is leaning out from bar and four seated men watch.