A stroke at the Plenipo or Mary's mistake (BM 1868,0808.6042)

The massive Lady Mary Duncan, standing against the trunk of a large bare tree, kisses the Turkish Plenipotentiary (left), holding him by his beard; she says, "Poor Man! Can I relieve thy wants? There shall not then a stone be left Unturned (Poor Pacch) to Ease thy Labouring Breast". Pacchierotti stands (right) looking round the tree-trunk, and saying, "Oh mio Dolore, Mary Crudel now I have lost all my Jewels, oh deforsa Abelard, thus left to shrivel like this lifeless Trunk." On the tree is a placard: 'By Order of his Majesty any Person or Persons committing Nuisances will be Prosecuted'. In the background is a road leading over a small bridge (left) which is a man driving (left to right) a high phaeton with six horses, followed by a man on horseback. Other carriages are on the right. On the south side of the road is a row of detached buildings, one inscribed '[Paten]t Floor-clot[h]', indicating that it is the King's Road, Chelsea, where there was a noted floorcloth manufactory. The stream is the West Bourne, now carried across Sloane Square Station in a pipe. 25 April 1791.
Hand-coloured etching