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An 18th century mezzotint on glass, entitled The DOUBLE SURPRIZE, portraying a couple secretly imbibing ale, a scolding old woman in the background, with the stanza
Betty may well make free with ale,
For thereby hangs a pretty Tale;
She's surely right to please her Master,
But see the Wife; __ Oh sad Disaster!
Published as the Act directs A.D. 1768 -- 14in. x 10in., in a Hogarth-type frame.
See Illustration.
Betty may well make free with ale,
For thereby hangs a pretty Tale;
She's surely right to please her Master,
But see the Wife; __ Oh sad Disaster!
Published as the Act directs A.D. 1768 -- 14in. x 10in., in a Hogarth-type frame.
See Illustration.