"The Captain's so kind as to thrust in a Note, While old Lady Cuckoo is straining her throat" (BM 1948,0214.568)
Summary
Satire: a woman with an elaborate hair arrangement sits at a harpsichord playing and singing to a sheet of music while an elderly man leans on the back of a chair behind her; a proof before all letters. 9 May 1777
Etching
Date
1777
Source
British Museum
Copyright info
public domain