Long sermons and long sieges are apt to lull the senses [graphic].

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Title: Long sermons and long sieges are apt to lull the senses [graphic].
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.
Contributor: Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, publisher.
Riviere & Son Binding.
Published / Created: 1784[?] February 11
Copyright Date: [11 February 1784]
Publication Place: [London]
Publisher: W. H. Humphry, Strand
Abstract: In an inn, a parson snores while his table companion, an old soldier with a wooden leg, recounts animatedly the battle of Dettingen, the map of which hangs on the wall behind them. Next to him, a dog sleeps by the roaring fireplace above which hangs a portrait, a carbine and a sword. The inn maid approaches the table with a roast on a platter.
Description: Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego.
Not in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
The digit "4" in "1784" in imprint statement is etched backwards.
Title etched below image.
Extent: 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 15.8 x 18.1 cm, on sheet 17 x 19 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 1
Collection Title: The political and humourous works of Thomas Rowlandson, 1774-1825
Collection / Other Creator: Harvey, Francis
Collection Created: London
Container / Volume: Vol. 1 (Box 1 of 2) | Folder I-16

Format: still image
Genre: Etchings--England--London--1784.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1784.
Resource Type: Prints & Photographs
Subject (Name): Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, publisher.
Riviere & Son Binding.
Subject (Topic): Clergy.
Clothing & dress--England--1780-1790.
Dettingen, Battle of, Karlstein, Unterfranken, Germany, 1743.
Eating & drinking.
Peg legs.
Servants.
Soldiers.
Taverns (Inns)

Access: Public
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Citation: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 389