The vicar and Moses. (Plate I) [graphic] / A. Van Assen del. ; D. Madan sculp.
- Creator:
- Madan, D., active 1790-1799, printmaker.
- Published/Created:
- [London]
Published July 17th, 1795, by I. Coard, No. 11 Lisson Street, Edgware Road
[17 July 1795] - Physical Description:
- 1 print : etching & stipple engraving on wove paper ; sheet 26 x 19 cm
- Notes:
- Title etched below image.
Numbered '(Plate I)' in lower right below image.
First of two plates illustrating a popular song under the same title.
Thirty-two lines of verse (first half of the song) printed in two columns below title: At the sign of the horse, old Spintext of course, ...
Sheet trimmed mostly within plate mark.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires. - Abstract:
- "A fat vicar with pipe and glass standing in a doorway, regarding a nervous thin clerk, who holds another glass and a lantern; scene illustrating the tale of 'the vicar and Moses', in which the clerk came to fetch the vicar to bury an infant but stayed to drink with him till past midnight, when both staggered out to go to the church; verses to the song below."--British Museum online catalogue.
- Topics:
- Clergy.
Clerks.
Glassware.
Interiors.
Intoxication.
Lanterns.
Pipes (Smoking)
Taverns (Inns)
Wine. - Topics:
- Coard, J., active 1795, publisher.
Stevens, George Alexander, 1710-1784. Vicar and Moses.
Van Assen, Benedictus Antonio, -1817, artist. - Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Etchings--England--London--1795.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1795.
Songs.
Stipple engravings--England--London--1795. - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- Rights:
- These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html
- Call Number:
- 795.07.17.01+
- Orbis Record:
- 8047262
- Yale Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Digital Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Local Record Number:
- lwlpr35801
- OID:
- 16740497
- PID:
- digcoll:4715655
