'Mars and Venus, or Sir Cecil chastised', 1784. Artist: Samuel Collings

'Mars and Venus, or Sir Cecil chastised', 1784. Artist: Samuel Collings

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'Mars and Venus, or Sir Cecil chastised', 1784. Sir Cecil Wray stands between a Chelsea Pensioner and a servant-maid. One of many satires on Wray's unpopular election proposals to abolish Chelsea Hospital and tax employers of maid-servants.

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