Satire on servants. Kitchen scene with a maidservant (a pin cushion hanging from her waist) and a one-legged sailor embracing while an old cook (?) sleeps by the fire, dropping a book lettered, "the whole duty of man"; a cat sits beside her; a dog beneath the kitchen table chews on a bone. 10 march 1774
engraving. Date: 1774. Dimensions: Height: 302 mm; Width: 242 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. The Mutual Embrace (BM 1878,0713.1317)
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