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The man of feeling, in search of indispensibles; a scene at the Little French Milleners A number of disputes having arisen in the Beau Monde, respecting the exact situation of the ladies' indispensibles (or new invented pockets) whether they were placed at the ancle i.e. ankle, or in a more eligible situation, the above search took place, in order to determine precisely the longitude of these inestimable conveniences Js Gillray, invt. & fect, British Cartoon Print

The man of feeling, in search of indispensibles; a scene at the Little...

"Girls, fashionably dressed, sit sewing round a large table. In the foreground the elephantine Prince of Orange kneels, feeling the leg of two girls on his right and left; they throw up their arms and scream...... More