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HIGH LIFE at FIVE in the MORNING.
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HIGH LIFE at FIVE in the MORNING.

DateMay 1, 1769
OriginEngland
MediumBlack and white line engraving
DimensionsOH: 8 3/4" x OW: 13"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1973-260,A
DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "HIGH LIFE at FIVE in the MORNING./ Persons in exalted Station/ Should Patterns be of Imitation;/ But if a DUKE must have his Punk,/ And from the Bagnio ride Home Drunk,/ What wonder if her wanton Grace,/ Invites Another in his Place?/ He draws his Sword raps out his Oaths/ But what Redress? - his Rival's Cloaths./ A recent Transaction Publish'd according to Act of Parliament. May 1.st 1769, Price 1.s but given gratis to the Purchasers of the Court Miscellany."