Vicar returning from duty [graphic].
- Copyright Date:
- [between 1812 and 1817]
- Physical Description:
- 1 print : etching ; plate mark 16.9 x 23.8 cm, on sheet 18.8 x 26.6 cm
- Notes:
- Later version of a ca. 1782 print after Robert Dighton entitled: A master parson returning from duty. Cf. No. 6154 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publication date from Isaac.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark at top edge.
Title etched below image. - Abstract:
- A fat parson riding (right to left) on a small horse arrives at the high iron gate of his house, which is seen in the background. He points arrogantly to a groom in livery, who stands (left) holding another horse whose front half appears on the left. The groom raises his hat. A butler stands in front of the gate. In the distance among trees (right) is a church spire.
- Topics:
- Butlers--England.
Clergy--England.
Clothing & dress--England--1780-1790.
Gates--British.
Horse grooms--England.
Horseback riding--England. - Topics:
- Davison, William, 1780-1858, publisher.
Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814. - Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Etchings--England--Alnwick--1812.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1808. - 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:
- 812.00.00.103
- Orbis Record:
- 6754189
- Yale Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Digital Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Local Record Number:
- lwlpr38010
- Citation:
- Isaac, P. Some Alnwick caricatures, no. 10
- OID:
- 16854852
- PID:
- digcoll:4835527
