The wanton frolic, Thomas Rowlandson, 1872

A young woman lying on her back on the floor of a drawing room, her skirts drawn up to her waist and her legs in the air; an eager young man kneeling at right grasps his member with one hand and her left ankle with the other; table and piano behind at left; copy of a print by rowlandson, illustration to 'pretty little games for young ladies & gentlemen. . ' ([london:] hotten, 1872). 1872 photogravure. Date: 1872. Dimensions: Height: 162 mm; Width: 114 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: John Camden Hotten. Collection: British Museum. The wanton frolic (BM 1977,U.507.2)