Johnny sneaking the maid Molly a glass of wine in the parlour as Sir Jeffery Gourmand sleeps at the dining table. Almost caught by another servant at the door. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Thomas Rowlandson from William Combe's The History of Johnny Quae Genus, the Little Foundling of the late Doctor Syntax, Ackermann, London, 1822.

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