A mechanical housemaid constructed from pieces of household equipment. Engraving by G. Bickham the younger.
- Bickham, George, 1706?-1771.
- Date:
- 1700-1799
- Reference:
- 29705i
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Surrounded by a rococo border
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[London] : [publisher not identified]
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1 print : engraving, with etching
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Moll Handy. With a letter of recommendation to a service...To the Lady Crosspatch! Madam I have lately brought to town a poor wench destitute of a living... Your humble servant Margery Makefree.
References note
British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, no. 2472
Carole Reeves (ed.), A cultural history of the human body: in the age of enlightenment, Oxford: Berg, 2010, p. 76
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Wellcome Collection 29705i
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