Print, satirical print (BM 1882,0909.3)

Harriet and her protector sit side by side on a settee. He looks at her, holding her left hand, his right hand rests on her shoulder. He is in riding-dress; she wears a riding habit: full skirt, coat and waistcoat of masculine cut, and a cravat; elaborately-dressed hair, and a feathered hat. In her right hand is a riding switch. She looks straight in front of her, not at her lover. A little black boy (left) offers her a glass of wine on a salver. A dog sits on the settee, his front paws on his master's knee. On the right is an open door round which a footman is furtively looking.
They are in a panelled room, of which two walls are visible. In the centre of the back wall is a window through which can be seen a lady driving in a high phaeton, a coachman on the box; behind are houses. On each side of the window is a framed landscape. In the left wall is another window, through which trees are visible. Next it (right) is an oval mirror elaborately framed. In front of the window is a small oblong table covered with a cloth, on which are a bottle of wine, a glass, &c. To the right of the settee stands a dressing-table, with a muslin cover, its looking-glass draped with white muslin. Chairs with carved oval backs stand against the wall. On the floor is a carpet with an arabesque pattern.
15 May 1780

Hand-coloured etching