A priest taking morning tea with a lady in her boudoir: a maidservant stands in the background. Engraving by Remi Parr after N. Lancret.

"In this, the first of Lancret's Four times of day, a priest attends a young lady as she takes her breakfast and gets dressed. The clock records the time as 9.08 am. The young woman, her breast exposed, has turned away from her dressing table to pour hot water into the priest’s teacup. As the pair look directly at each other, the priest risks his hand being scalded – perhaps a visual metaphor for the risk to his soul."--National Gallery website, 2023