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Line engraving of a nude woman reclining on a cloth while a kneeling man in period dress holds her raised leg, in a draped in

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A pen and ink engraving titled The wanton frolic by Thomas Rowlandson, shown with a printed verse caption beneath the scene. A nude woman lies on a cloth in a richly furnished interior with draped curtains and a gilt mirror, while a kneeling man in period dress holds one of her raised legs.

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Date

1977

Medium

Drawing

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Wikimedia Commons

License

Public domain

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