London clergy. Country clergy [graphic].

Description

Title: London clergy. Country clergy [graphic].
Alternative Title: Country clergy
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor: Fores, S. W., publisher.
Published / Created: [1 January 1786]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd Jany. 1st, 1786, by S.W. Fores, at the Caracature Warehouse, No. 3, Piccadilly
Abstract: Sketches of the heads and shoulders of clerics. The five at the top, labelled 'London Clergy' are in clerical clothes and full of white wigs. Some of the heads are shown sideways, some full face. Below are five heads labelled 'Country Clergy', not in strictly clerical garb. One man has a hat on and a turban under it. Another wears a turban, still another has long natural hair
Description: Title from text within image.
Attribution to Rowlandson from unverified data in local card catalog record.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Temporary local subject terms: Wigs -- Clerical garb -- Turban.
Watermark centered on lower edge: T French.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 17 x 18 cm, on sheet 20 x 21 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1786
Aquatints England London 1786
Etchings England London 1786
Watermarks (Paper) T French
Material: etching and aquatint with stipple ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Clergy
Subjects: Clergy
England > 1786
England > London > 1786
T French
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

Access: Public
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