A master parson returned from duty [graphic].

Description

Title: A master parson returned from duty [graphic].
Contributor: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, artist.
Bowles & Carver, publisher.
Published / Created: [not before 1793]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for & sold by Bowles & Carver, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
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.
Date of publication inferred from date of the Bowles & Carver partnership formed after the 1793 death of Carington Bowles. Cf. Plomer.
Numbered '348' 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 print was published by Carington Bowles in 1760 and 1785.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. iii; May 1954?
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 14.9 x 11.1 cm, on sheet 19 x 14 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1785
Mezzotints England London 1793
Material: mezzotint ; and wove paper.
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 > 1793

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