Lodgings to let (BM 1866,1114.647)

In a bedroom a man, fashionably dressed and wearing a hat, ogles a pretty young woman whose right hand he takes. The floor is carpeted; on the left is a curtained double bed; a dressing-table is placed across the single window (right). Beneath the title: 'A Quiz of a Fellow Seeing a Bill on a Window announcing Lodgings to Let, Knock't at the Door from mere curiosity, and was conducted thro' the Apartments by a Beautiful Young Woman - Struck with her Charms, Said "Pray my Dear are you to be Let with these Lodgings", - "No Sir answer'd the Captivating Female, - I am to be Let alone"'. 1 January 1798
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