The Honey-Moon (BM 1859,0709.675 1)

A sequel to BMSat 6148, 6149. The young couple sit on a settee (right) by a circular table on which are an urn and tea-things with a pot of "Virgin Honey". She leans on his shoulder while she puts a lump of sugar into the cup which he holds. A manservant enters from the left with a plate whose contents fall to the ground as a monkey seated on a cabinet pulls his queue. Three dogs and a cat are in the room.
The room is panelled and is a good example of a well-furnished breakfast-parlour of the period. Books and papers scattered about are inscribed with various allusions to matrimony. See also BMSat 6151. After John Collet, plate 3 from a series of four. c.1765-66, this impression a later reissue dated 1782. 24 June 1782

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