Fox (left) as Scrub, and North (right) as Archer, sitting on two upright chairs in close consultation as in Farquhar's play, 'The Beaux' Stratagem', Act III. Behind (right), listening to their conversation, is Mrs. Robinson (Perdita) as Gipsey, the lady's-maid. Fox sits full-face wearing an apron, his hands on his knees, with an expression of puzzled melancholy. North, in toupet-wig, ruffled shirt, and Garter ribbon, in profile to the left, is talking to him with the insinuating smile of the gentleman playing the part of the gentleman's gentleman. Perdita, her arms folded, wearing a frilled cap, low-cut bodice, wide hooped petticoats with an apron, looks coyly at them over her right shoulder.
<p><br>On the wall (centre) is a full-length portrait of Col. Tarleton, one foot on a cannon, a horse's head and the muzzle of a cannon indicated in the background. 25 April 1783
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<br>Hand-coloured etching
1783<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1783-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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