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English: The interior of a large room. Harriet reclines in an arm-chair, her head and shoulders wrapped in a shawl, looking very ill. The central figures of the design are the doctor and the nurse; she is a stout gaily-dressed woman, standing full-face, one hand on her hip. The doctor is handing her a bottle, with a label inscribed "Going to rest". He wears a hat, a large curled wig, and a cloak, and holds a long cane; behind him stands his foot-boy carrying a basket containing medicine bottles. On the right is a large open fire, by it sits a woman nursing an infant, an old woman smoking a pipe sits on a bench opposite the fire; two old women stand by it, one supported by crutches holds out a wine-glass to the other. In the foreground (right) a heap of coal lies on the floor, a shovel lies beside it. A kneeling man fills a tankard from a large leather bottle, he has perhaps been shovelling the coal. A small boy sits on the ground (right) by a large window, using the window seat as a table, he is eating with a spoon from a plate. Above the fireplace is a framed inscription: "Rules for the better Regulation of Workhouses". On a shelf beneath this is a teapot, cups, and other pieces of crockery. Two square posts support the ceiling, to each is hung a woman's hat and cloak. They serve as supports for a clothes' line on which hang a patched blanket or curtain, a pair of stockings, and other garments. Along the back wall of the room are high curtained beds. 15 May 1780
Hand-coloured etching