The holy friar [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- The holy friar [graphic]
- Creator
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Contributor
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Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, attributed name.
Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1846, publisher. - Published / Created
- [6 May 1807]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pub. May 6, 1807 by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
- 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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Title etched below image.
"Sir E. Bunbury" may refer to the artist H.W. Bunbury. See British Museum catalogue.
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.
Grego identifies a companion print: Monastic fare.
Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 1.
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.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Mounted on leaf 50 of volume 8 of 14 volumes. - Provenance
- From a collection in fourteen volumes compiled by Francis Harvey and dispersed at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Sold at Sotheby, London, 12 March 1919. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 27.5 x 22 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
- Collection Title
- V. 1. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
- Collection / Other Creator
- Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809.
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Satires (Visual works) England 1807
Etchings England London 1807 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
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Eating & drinking
Gluttony
Monks - Subjects
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Eating & drinking
Gluttony
Monks
England > 1807
England > London > 1807
Johnstone, Henry Arthur > Ownership
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership
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.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 12853478
- Object ID (OID)
- 11791928
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