The FRUIT WOMAN.

DateDecember 1, 1780

Publisher Robert Wilkinson

MediumBlack and white mezzotint engraving

DimensionsOH: 14 1/2" x OW: 10 1/2"; Plate H: 13 3/4" x W: 9 7/8"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1951-83

DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "The FRUIT WOMAN./ While Arm in Arm the Macaroni Beaux,/ Admire the Charms Trim Miliners disclose./ On them behind old Kate her Barrow wheels,/ And of S.r Delicate Trips up the Heels./ As on his Back among her Fruit he falls./ Who'll buy a Beau? my Top of Fruit she squalls./ London, Publish'd as the Act directs 1 Decem.r 1780. by R. Wilkinson, at N.o 58 in Cornhill."
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