The Curious Maids
Date1768
Designer & engraver
John Greenwood (1729-1792)
Publisher
Robert Sayer (1725-1794)
OriginEngland, London
MediumHand-colored mezzotint engraving
DimensionsOverall: 17 1/4 × 11in. (43.8 × 27.9cm)
Overall (Plate): 13 3/4 × 9 3/4in. (34.9 × 24.8cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1971-483
DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "The Curious Maids./ Les Filles Curieuses./ In prime of Youth what Funny Tricks/ Are often play'd by either Sex!/ The Tales they've heard their Nurses say/ They put in Practice Day by Day./ Forbear dear Girls! for Pity's sake/ Have Mercy on a Sleeping Rake!/ As in the Bowl his Hand you've got./ You'll make him soon do - You know what./ London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, N.o 53 in Fleet Street. Publish'd as the Act directs 17 Feb.y 1768."
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