Satire on sportswomen: two finely dressed ladies in the country; one, wearing a skirt revealing her ankles, holds a cricket bat, the other, holding a gun and dead game-birds, three dogs around her legs, wears boots and treads on a paper lettered 'effeminacy'; behind, to left, is a wicket made of three sticks, and a small girl throwing up a cricket ball. 1 january 1778
hand-coloured mezzotint. Date: 1778. Dimensions: Height: 355 mm; Width: 251 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum.
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