The curate on a visit [graphic]

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Title: The curate on a visit [graphic]
Creator: Roe, J., active 1771-1811, printmaker
Contributor: Darly, M. publisher.
Published / Created: [4 April 1772]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. by MDarly, Strand, April 4th, 1772, accor. to act
Abstract: A thin curate with stringy hair is riding on a tired-looking horse. He holds a baby in the crook of his left arm; his obese wife rides behind him, a nosegay in her hand. Behind them, on the left, an attractive pregrant young woman stands under a tree looking down the valley at a large country house in the background on the right
Description: Title from item.
Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram.
Plate numbered '7' in upper right corner.
One of two prints published by Darly with the same date. In the other the original design is attributed to Henry William Bunbury (1750-1811). Cf. Library of Congress, call no. PC 3 - 1772 - Curate on a visit (A size) [P&P].
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Temporary local subject terms: Clergy: curates -- Children: infants -- Women: pregnant women -- Buildings: country houses.
Watermark: Strasburg bend with initials L V G below (partially trimmed).
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. ii ; May 1954 ;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 17.8 x 25.3 cm, on sheet 19 x 27 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1772
Etchings England London 1772
Watermarks (Paper) L V G.
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subjects: England > 1772
England > London > 1772
L V G.

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