Parsons in full scent [graphic].

Description

Title: Parsons in full scent [graphic].
Contributor: Fores, S. W., publisher.
Published / Created: [5 January 1803]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. Jany. 5th, 1803, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Abstract: "Social satire: a man hides a plate with a roast pig carried to a table by a serving girl from two parsons, well practised in the art, who have sniffed it out and want a piece, saying it is only eggs and bacon and "I scorns to tell a lie your Honors. - I attends to your Sarmunts to much for that"."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Printseller's announcement following imprint: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Watermark: T Edmonds 1825.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, Vol. X.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 24.5 x 34.7 cm, on sheet 26 x 39 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1803
Etchings England London 1803
Watermarks (Paper) T Edmonds 1825
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Clergy
Food
Women domestics
Subjects: Clergy
Food
Women domestics
England > 1803
England > London > 1803
T Edmonds > 1825

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.