Two ladies, one in Elizabethan dress (left), the other (right) scantily draped, stand gazing at each other in astonishment, their heads turned in profile. One stands stiffly; her wide, heavily embroidered dress, with tight, pointed bodice, and a high ruff, makes this necessary. The other adopts a quasi-classical pose, one leg slightly bent. Her high-waisted dress drapes her breasts and falls to the ankles, defining her legs. She has short simple sleeves. A ribbon is twisted in her hair, which is curled on the crown of the head, whence tresses fall to her neck, and a feather stands erect. Her profile resembles that of BMSat 8896, perhaps Lady C. Campbell.
<p><br>On the wall are two three-quarter length portraits of men in corresponding costume: a bearded man (left) wearing a ruff looks down to the right. On the right a modern dandy looks down and to the left, his chin swathed in voluminous folds, a wide collar turned back over his cut-away coat. A patterned carpet covers the floor.  8 February 1796
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<br>Hand-coloured etching
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<p>Print made by: Isaac Cruikshank
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<dl><dd>After: George Moutard Woodward</dd>
<dd>Published by: S W Fores</dd></dl></div>
1796<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1796-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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