Clerical fat and lean [graphic]

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Title: Clerical fat and lean [graphic]
Contributor: Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Saulez, George, 1779-1843, artist.
Published / Created: [28 November 1805]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. Novr. 28, 1805 by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand
Abstract: "A social satire showing two clerics seated at a table, one fat and with a brimming tankard of "Tythe Beer", the other thin, his elbows resting on a book entitled "Fast Days"; the floor is littered with papers of "Threadbare Sermons" and "Temperance Preached 40", "Humility Preached Ten Times" etc."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from item.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Watermark: Russell & Co.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. xi.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 28 x 32.5 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1805
Etchings England London 1805
Watermarks (Paper) Russell & Co. 1801
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Clegy
Deadly sins
Obesity
Subjects: Clegy
Deadly sins
Obesity
England > 1805
England > London > 1805
Russell & Co. > 1801

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