The holy friar [graphic] / design'd by Sir E. Bunbury ; Rowlandson sculp.
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Description
- Title
- The holy friar [graphic] / design'd by Sir E. Bunbury ; Rowlandson sculp.
- Alternative Title
- I am a friar of orders grey.
- Creator
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.
- Contributor
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Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, attributed name.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Johnstone, Henry Arthur--Ownership.
Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1845, publisher. - Copyright Date
- [6 May 1807]
- Abstract
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"Two fat friars gormandize in a Gothic cloister, seated in easy chairs. A lean old friar or lay brother brings in a sucking-pig. On the ground beside them are a chest of 'Relicks', bottles of 'Tokay' and 'Lackrymy Christi', church plate, with a 'Consecrated Cup' and a paper: 'Absolu[tion] Confess[ion] of Miss Wagtail.' On the wall is pinned a large print, 'Food for the Convent' [see British Museum Satire No. 3777]: a friar walking to the convent door with a large sheaf of corn on his back, from which project the head and feet of a girl. On a window recess are a skull, hour-glass, and cross ..."--Description of an alternate state in British Museum online catalogue.
- Description
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"Sir E. Bunbury" may refer to the artist H.W. Bunbury. See British Museum catalogue.
For state numbered "Q. 2", see no. 10924, in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8.
Grego identifies a companion print: Monastic fare.
Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 1.
Title etched below image.
Two columns of verse below title: I am a friar of orders grey, And down the vallies I take my way; I pull not blackberry, haw or hip, Good store of ven'son does fill my scrip, My long bead roll I merrily chaunt, Wherever I walk no money I want; And why I'm so plump the reason I'll tell ... "Who leads a good life, is sure to live well." What baron, or squire, or knight of the shire, Lives so well as a holy friar ...
Verses are a parody of Thomas Percy's Reliques of ancient English poetry. See British Museum catalogue. - Extent
- 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 27.5 x 21.5 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 8
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Format
- still image
- Genre
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Etchings--England--London--1807.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1807. - Subject (Name)
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Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, attributed name.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Johnstone, Henry Arthur--Ownership.
Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1845, publisher. - Subject (Topic)
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Eating & drinking.
Gluttony.
Monks.
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, pages 72-3
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 12853478
- Object ID (OID)
- 11791928
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