3-016-316 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

The Tickle, 1755. A young girl looks out at the spectator and makes a gesture of complicity. She tickles the face of a sleeping young man with a feather, attentively watched by two maids. Details such as the tray of fruit on the ground, the newspaper on the chair and the young woman’s shawl and fan on the sofa all suggest a moment of leisure and idle amusement