A master parson returned from duty [graphic].

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Title: A master parson returned from duty [graphic].
Contributor: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, artist.
Bowles, Carington, 1724-1793, publisher.
Published / Created: 9 Novr. 1785.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London. Published as the act directs
Abstract: A fat parson stands in the grounds of a country house as a footman on the right doffs his hat to him and a dog jumps on him in greeting. A fashionably dressed young woman walks on the park grounds (left) and looks coyly back towards them; behind her in the distance is a folly. Beyond the iron gates (right) -- the pillars decorated with eagles -- another servant waits by the carriage. In the distance (right) is a church spire
Description: Title etched below image.
After Dighton. Cf. Sotheby's catalog.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Plate numbered '563' in lower left corner.
Cf. No. 3755 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3. Original issue without imprint date; dated in the Catalogue ca. 1760.
Mounted.
Provenance: Old Print Shop; October 1959;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 35 x 26 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1785
Mezzotints England London 1785
Material: mezzotint ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Topic): Architectural follies
Carriages & coaches
Clothing & dress
Clergy
Dogs
Gates
Parks
Servants
Subjects: Architectural follies
Carriages & coaches > England > 18th century
Clothing & dress > England > 18th century
Clergy
Dogs
Gates
Parks
Servants
England > 1785
England > London > 1785

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