A touch of the times, British Cartoon Print

Print shows a woman playing cards with a monkey dressed as a man, two figures in masquerade attend to them, above and in the background are a musician, a man and a woman, and a cuckold, also seated is an owl smoking a pipe.

Includes verse: Behold the ages pleasant sceen displayed, / The antick world in it's true maskerade, / My lady with Sr. Monkey holds the cards, / Whilst city dame a better sport regards, / Buffons do gulk those who pretend to w[...], / Whilst the grave owle do's over see'r sit [...].

Sold by P. Bouche, in Tower Street, in St. Gilses in [?] fields, over aginst [?] Falcon, London.

Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).

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1600 - 1700

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