The harlots nurse, or modern procuress LCCN2002719530.jpg

Title: The harlots nurse, or modern procuress Abstract: Print shows an interior view of a room in which a tightly corsetted courtesan admires herself in a mirror as her maid, or procuress, views her from behind. This scene is mirrored by a cat toying with a mouse under a table in the lower left corner, and, in the upper right corner, by an odalisque-like painting of a nude woman reclining on cushions, with one hand raised to catch coins spilling from a bag held by a procuress. Another picture, a half-length portrait of a bare-breasted woman holding a squirrel in her left hand, hangs on the wall in the background. Physical description: 1 print : etching and engraving. Notes: Printed for & sold by the Propriator John Ryall at Hogarth's Head in the Fleet Street, London.; Boitard sculpt.; Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).; Includes 8 lines of verse: Behold the practis'd Baud explore, / The Nymph from head to foot all O'er, / For Cupers whom shes dress'd w'th Care, / (A bait to Catch some Money'd Heir) / ...

Artist: British Cartoon Prints Collection. License: Public domain. Source

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