The Pretty Bar Maid, 1778

Satire on frequenters of public houses: a group of customers standing around the counter of a bar peer at the young woman serving; an elderly officer in profile to right leans inwards lifting a spoon from a custard cup to his mouth; a small man on the left, standing on tip-toe, is holding the "[public] ledger", another the right, wearing spectacles, reads the "morning post2, a copy of "the gazetter extraordinary" lies on the floor and a dog urinates on it; another dog leaps up at the bar where a book has attracted his attention. Bottles, bowls, glasses and several lemons are arranged on shelves behind the bar. 1778 hand-coloured mezzotint. Date: 1778. Dimensions: Height: 349 mm; Width: 250 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum.