A master parson with a good living [graphic].

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Title: A master parson with a good living [graphic].
Contributor: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, artist.
Published / Created: published as the act directs, 2 June 1782.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard
Abstract: In a richly decorated and carpeted interior, a clergyman, his obese bespectacled wife, and 3 children sit at table, behind which a portrait of the parson hangs on the wall. The clergyman raises a wineglass to his lips as a servant uncorks another bottle of wine
Description: Title from item.
After a designed by Dighton.
Numbered in lower left 343.
A probable reduced version of no. 3753, originally issued ca. 1760. See Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3.
Imperfect; hole in upper right corner.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 15.2 x 11.3 cm, on sheet 16 x 12 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1782
Mezzotints England London 1782
Material: mezzotint ; and hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Topic): Clergy
Eating & drinking
Interiors
Tableware
Clothing & dress
Subjects: Clergy > England > 18th century
Eating & drinking
Interiors > England > 18th century
Tableware
Clothing & dress > England > 1780-1790
England > 1782
England > London > 1782

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