A dutchman (left), smoking a short pipe, hands in his pockets, is being chucked under the chin by a gaily dressed courtesan (right), her left hand on her hip. He wears the round hat and baggy breeches of the dutchman in caricature. Both stand full-face, each looks towards the other. The background is formed by the lower part of houses in covent garden showing the arcade of the piazza, a sedan chair (right) stands under an arch. Immediately behind the two figures are vegetables and baskets. 1781
hand-coloured mezzotint. Date: 1781. Dimensions: Height: 351 mm; Width: 250 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. An English Sloop engaging a Dutch Man of War (BM 1935,0522.1.67)
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