
The Swing
1767 · Wallace Collection, London
An old man works the ropes without knowing the young man in the bushes is looking straight up her skirts. A slipper flies off.
★ 7.6

An old man works the ropes without knowing the young man in the bushes is looking straight up her skirts. A slipper flies off.

Copley painted the silversmith in his shirtsleeves at the bench with a teapot in his hand, which was not how gentlemen were usually shown.