The triple plea [graphic].

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Title: The triple plea [graphic].
Contributor: Jarvis, J., active 1725-1755, publisher.
Published / Created: [ca. 1725]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Sold by J. Jarvis, Bedford Court, Covent Garden
Abstract: "Satire on the professions of medicine, law and the church with three practitioners in a well furnished interior disputing which is the superior; each wears the dress of his profession. The lawyer holds a sealed document; the clergyman a book letterd "Bals. Soul" and the physicial a phial lettered, "Bals. Life". Pictures on the wall show, men rushing to separate two fighting dogs, men and women bringing tythes to a clergyman, and two doctors quarreling at a bedside. Verses below with scrolling calligraphic decoration."--British Museum online catalogue
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Publication date from from British Museum catalogue.
Sixteen lines of verse in two columns below title: Law, physick, and divinity, contend which shall superior be ...
Provenance: Peter Murray Hill Oct. 1957 ; Annotated on verso: 'Ld B' Album.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 31.1 x 20.9 cm, on sheet 32 x 23 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1725
Engravings England London 1725
Etchings England London 1725
Material: etching & engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Bibles
Chairs
Clergy
British
Fireplaces
Floor coverings
Lawyers
Medicines
Physicians
Tables
Subjects: Bibles
Chairs
Clergy > British
Fireplaces
Floor coverings
Lawyers
Medicines
Physicians
Tables
England > 1725
England > London > 1725

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