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."