The Way to Keep Him,Female Flagellants,Platonic Hero,Richmond Theatre,1787

Title: The way to keep him, or the female flagellants attacking the platonic hero at the Richmond Theatre / designed by Whim ; exectued by Satire.
Date Created/Published: [London] : Pub'd for the proprietor ..., by W. Dickie, No. 195 Strand, 1787 April 20th.
Summary: Print shows a smiling man, 'platonic love', on one knee as three women beat him with whips made of bulrushes(?); on the wall in the background are two portraits, 'The Maid of Drury' and 'The Maid of the Oaks.' Caption beneath the title reads: 'The more you whip a spaniel the fonder he grows.'
Notes:
Title from item.
Attributed to William Dent.
Portion of watermark at top center of paper.
Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).
Subjects:
Whipping--1780-1790.
Relations between the sexes--England--1780-1790.
Cartoons (Commentary)--British--1780-1790.
Etchings--British--1780-1790.
Bookmark /2003674089/
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