Return from a Masquerade - a morning scene, Robert Dighton, 1784

Two grinning chairmen, walking diagonally right to left. Towards the spectator, carry a sedan-chair, from the side window of which hang the head and shoulders of a lady, asleep or drunk, her left arm hanging down outside the chair. She is dressed as a shepherdess, a garland of flowers in her hair; in her right hand is a crook which also projects through the window. Beside the chair (right) walks a little grinning chimney-sweep, very broad and short, with soot-bag and brush, but with a striped turban or cloth on his head and holding up a smiling mask. The chair is crossing an open space or wide street, probably covent garden, with houses in the background. 1784 hand-coloured mezzotint. Date: 1784. Dimensions: Height: 349 mm; Width: 249 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Return from a Masquerade - a morning scene (BM 1935,0522.1.206)