Miss Tomboy on her Favourite Donkey

A hand-colored etching depicting a woman in pink riding sidesaddle on a donkey while a mounted gentleman on horseback addresses her with a whip, saying 'Whip my life Sister! why don't you whip my life? You only tickle it, what it well!'

This print belongs to the British tradition of satirical etching and aquatint that flourished from Hogarth through Gillray and Rowlandson. Such works combined crude humor with social commentary, employing exaggeration, sexual allusion, and physical comedy. The image depicts a woman who rides and behaves in unconventional ways. These popular prints preceded modern comics in combining visual caricature, narrative text, and public distribution.