Scene in a formal, walled garden with topiary in the shape of phalluses; at centre, a gardener, whose breeches do not quite meet in the middle, standing at the top of a ladder, clipping one of the bushes; two young women holding parasols and with their skirts about their waists, one lying on the grass, the other standing, look up at the gardener and touch themselves; beyond at left, behind two phalluses growing in flowerpots, a couple engaged in intercourse on a park bench; at right, a nude male statue on a pedestal decorated with a bacchic bas-relief; inner walled garden seen at right. Etching and stipple. Date: 1790-1810 (c.). Dimensions: Height: 107 mm (trimmed); Width: 168 mm (trimmed). Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Print (BM 1977,U.563)
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