Satire on courtship: an elderly couple sleep in front of a fireplace at a table with a bottle of wine, two empty glasses, a pipe and a small book; the hold woman wears spectacles and a cat is curled up her feet; behind her a well-dressed young woman (apparently their daughter) raises her hand to caution silence from a young man (apparently a servant) who opens the door to pass her letter (presumably from a loverr); on the wall above the fireplace is a picture of the sleeping Venus with Cupid lifting her drapery.
<br>Mezzotint with hand-colouring
between 1768 and 1775 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1768-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1775-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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