A lady seated in profile to the right by a small rectangular table drinks from a wine-glass; on the table is a bottle labelled Brandy. Her hair is in the grotesque pyramid then fashionable, decorated with ostrich feathers and large curls. She appears unconscious of a skeleton which stands beside her, threatening her with an arrow held in its raised l. arm. On the wall behind the figures are two W.L. portraits; one of a man, full-face, standing by a tree, holding a spear; he is dressed as a cavalier, wearing a feathered cap and short cloak; the other is of a stout man of plebeian appearance, in profile to the right., holding up a foaming pot of beer and a smoking pipe. Cf. BMSat 5172.  19 January 1778
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1778<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1778-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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