Print, satirical print, John Goldar, 1770

Two women oppose each other in a built-up street; one, a market woman, is being assisted to her feet, the second, an aristocrat, is being handed a guinea by a butcher. To the left, two chimneysweeps are playing with her muff, and beside them, her hat and fur-lined robe have been cast to the ground; in the left foreground two cocks engage in a stand-off. A variety of figures watch the scene: a lady and a gentleman, a pickpocket, a laundrywoman, children and tradesmen. Pasted to a brick building in the background is a paper lettered "the rival queens", and above the window, a cross under which is written "union". Through the window above, a couple embrace as they draw the curtain; proof before letters. 1770 mezzotint with some scratching. Date: 1770. Dimensions: Height: 397 mm; Width: 459 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Print, satirical print (BM 1868,1212.5)