The massive lady mary duncan, standing against the trunk of a large bare tree, kisses the turkish plenipotentiary (left), holding him by his beard; she says, "poor man! can i relieve thy wants? there shall not then a stone be left unturned (poor pacch) to ease thy labouring breast". Pacchierotti stands (right) looking round the tree-trunk, and saying, "oh mio dolore, mary crudel now i have lost all my jewels, oh deforsa abelard, thus left to shrivel like this lifeless trunk. " on the tree is a placard: 'by order of his majesty any person or persons committing nuisances will be prosecuted'. In the background is a road leading over a small bridge (left) which is a man driving (left to right) a high phaeton with six horses, followed by a man on horseback. Other carriages are on the right. On the south side of the road is a row of detached buildings, one inscribed '[paten]t floor-clot[h]', indicating that it is the king's road, chelsea, where there was a noted floorcloth manufactory. The stream is the west bourne, now carried across sloane square station in a pipe. 25 april 1791. Hand-coloured etching. Date: 1791. Dimensions: Height: 250 mm; Width: 344 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Lady Mary Duncan. Collection: British Museum. A stroke at the Plenipo or Mary's mistake (BM 1868,0808.6042)
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