The publican's prayer [graphic] / Woodward del. ; Rowlandson scul.

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Title: The publican's prayer [graphic] / Woodward del. ; Rowlandson scul.
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.
Contributor: Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist.
Published / Created: [20 September 1801]
Publication Place: [London] :
Publisher: Pubd. Septr. 20, 1801, by R. Ackermann, N. 101 Strand,
Abstract: "A fat elderly John Bull kneels in profile to the left, clasping his hands above the seat of a chair on which lies a long tobacco pipe. On the floor is a frothing tankard inscribed 'Golden Lion'. On shelves (right) are small spirit-casks, punch-bowls, &c. He prays to 'Jolly Silenus', asking for success to his 'old Brown Stout', brewed with the help of tobacco and treacle; for success with a certain rich widow, and for 'plenty of smuggled spirits and protection from the Excise-man'."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description: Eighteen lines of letterpress text below title: Jolly Silenus, father of all-inspiring Bacchus ...
Printer's line below lines of text: Spragg, printer, 27, Bow-Street, Convent-Garden.
Title printed in letterpress below image.
Extent: 1 print : etching with drypoint on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 20 x 24.8 cm, on sheet 41 x 25 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: still image
Genre: Drypoints--England--London--1801.
Etchings--England--London--1801.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1801.
Subject (Name): Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist.

Access: Public
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Citation: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8, no. 9801
Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 32