Hiring a Servant
Thomas Rowlandson British
Publisher Thomas Tegg British
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A man and his wife sit at a small round breakfast-table and address a young woman who stands at right, before an open door. The wife surprisedly asks, "What Situation in my Family woud you wish to undertake Young Woman." She answers, "Ma'am I should like to be under Your Man Cook by Way of Improvement." The man exclaims: "What's that you say I'll be D—nd If you shall be under my Man Cook or any other man in my house." The cook, outside the open door at right, laughs.
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