A stout ugly man, partly undressed, stands on tiptoe to embrace a tall chambermaid. She holds a candle in the right hand, which she puts round his shoulder, setting his hair alight. Behind her (right) is the bed, smoking violently from a fire lit by a warming-pan negligently left there. On the chimney-piece is a squatting (Chinese) china figure with a long pipe; above it is a picture of Cupid with a torch. ? c. 1800
<br>Hand-coloured etching
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<p>Formerly attributed to: Thomas Rowlandson
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<dl><dd>Published by: J Murphy</dd></dl></div>
circa 1800 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1800-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
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