"Stephens dates the print to 1725, but the style of caricature as well as the costume show that it dates from about 1750. It is clearly designed by "L'Agneau" who was also responisble for BM Satires 3187 and 3188 in which some of the same figures appear: the man on the left of the present print appears in the same position in BM Satires 3188, as do the woman beside him and smaller man in front ; the old soldier appears in BM Satires 3187."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalog.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark, with slight loss to top of image.
Social satire in two sections (perhaps a fragment of a larger print). On the left, a scene in a park with statuary, a man wearing the sash of the Garter walks with a woman wearing a double string of pearls and earrings, in front of them is a shorter man, his hands clasped at his waist, a somewhat older man stands further back, all these are seen in profile to right, the men wearing bag-wigs; behind them a woman, seen from behind, grasps the older man around his waist and with the other wields a horse whip; playing-cards lie on the ground at their feet. In the other section, set in a rocky landscape, an elderly army officer wearing a long wig and with a black patch over his left eye, his cockaded hat and baton of command lying on the ground, draws his sword to confront the skeleton figure of death, holding out an hour glass and an eyepatch; Death says, "A Patch for t'other Eye" and the old soldier replies "Oh! G[o]d d[am]n ye if that's your sport - have at ye". Cf. British Museum online catalog.