The Welch curate [graphic].

Description

Title: The Welch curate [graphic].
Contributor: Bowles, Carington, 1724-1793, publisher.
Published / Created: published as the act directs, 2nd June 1775.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Abstract: "Satire: a poor country curate at home, reading the Bible while peeling turnips for the evening meal, rocking a cradle on the right, and listening to his son's schooling; verses beneath record that his wife is "at washing" (perhaps for other families) and compares him with the lazy "proud Prelate"; on the wall hangs the popular image of 'Shon Ap Morgan' (see 1983,0625.9).""British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from item.
Eight lines of verse are inscribed in two columns on either side of title: "Tho' lazy, the proud prelate's fed... And rocks the cradle with his foot."
Provenance: I.K. Fletcher; March 1968;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 35.1 x 25.1 cm, on sheet 38 x 27 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1775
Mezzotints England London 1775
Material: mezzotint ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Cradles
Children
Families
Interiors
Clergy
Welsh
Subjects: Cradles
Children
Families
Interiors
Clergy > Welsh
England > 1775
England > London > 1775

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