Bachelor's Fare - or Bread and Cheese with Kisses, 1777

Satire on sailors in port: a young sailor in an inn sits at a table laden with bread, cheese, a wine bottle and glass; he pays court to a young woman (presumably a prostitute) into whose hands he pours gold coins; two comrades laugh at the scene through the doorway on the left; a poster on the door lettered 'a light heart & a thin pair of breeches goes thorough [sic] the world brave boys'; a picture of two ships on the wall behind is lettered 'the free briton closely engag'd with the charming sally'; after collet. 10 november 1777 hand-coloured mezzotint. Date: 1777. Dimensions: Height: 350 mm; Width: 250 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum.