A clerical manoeuvre, or, The way to finish a charity sermon [graphic]Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker[not before 1 November 1815]eng"A parson (left) leans from his pulpit, preaching with extended arm, while his clerk takes round the plate, with a sly smile: "I percieve my Beloved Brethren, that my discourse has operated on your feelings and sensibility, but I would advise you to be just before you are generous, I shall keep my eyes on you, and if any of you my Brethren are not in a state of solvency, or cannot pay twenty shillings in the pound (however may be the goodness of your respective Hearts) do not bestow a donation." The congregation eagerly hasten to contribute handsomely, making various remarks (e.g.) 'Ecod thats a capital manœuvre it's worth a pound note already.' A well-dressed man slinks off, saying, "Nothing but gold or Pound Notes well I'll steal off--I dont what [sic] business I had to poke my nose here"."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier stateTitle etched below image.Later state, with beginning of imprint statement burnished from plate.Date of publication based on complete imprint on earlier state: Pubd. Novr. 1st, 1815, by Thos. Tegg, 111 Cheapside. Cf. No. 12652 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9.Four lines of quoted verse following title: "Nature has made man's breast no windores, "to publish what he does within doors; "nor what dark secrets there inhabit, "unless his own rash folly blab it.Plate numbered "217" in upper right corner.Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 3.Also issued separately.Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top and bottom edges.