An old ewe drest lamb fashion

Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827 · October 25, 1810

A deceptive old tabby, clad in a juvenile style, is dashing along in a high poke-bonnet ; three or four Don Juans of eccentric exterior are hurrying after her to tender their attentions, an act of gallantry they are likely to regret on closer inspection. The quotation offered as A Misery of Human Life runs thus : "Walking fast and far to overtake a woman from whose shape and air as viewed en derriere you have decided that her face is angelic, till, on eagerly turning round as you pass her, you are petrified by a Gorgon."