The vicar and Moses. [graphic] / (Plate I)
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Description
- Title
- The vicar and Moses. [graphic] / (Plate I)
- Creator
- Madan, D., active 1790-1799, printmaker
- Contributor
-
Coard, J., active 1795, publisher.
Van Assen, Benedictus Antonio, -1817, artist.
Stevens, George Alexander, 1710-1784. - Published / Created
- [17 July 1795]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Published July 17th, 1795, by I. Coard, No. 11 Lisson Street, Edgware Road
- Abstract
-
"A fat vicar with pipe and glass standing in a doorway, regarding a nervous thin clerk, who holds another glass and a lantern; scene illustrating the tale of 'the vicar and Moses', in which the clerk came to fetch the vicar to bury an infant but stayed to drink with him till past midnight, when both staggered out to go to the church; verses to the song below."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Numbered '(Plate I)' in lower right below image.
First of two plates illustrating a popular song under the same title.
Thirty-two lines of verse (first half of the song) printed in two columns below title: At the sign of the horse, old Spintext of course, ...
Sheet trimmed mostly within plate mark.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires. - Provenance
- Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. vi.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 26 x 19 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 795.07.17.01+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Satires (Visual works) England 1795
Stipple engravings England London 1795
Etchings England London 1795
Songs - Material
- etching & stipple engraving ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
-
Clerks
Clergy
Glassware
Interiors
Intoxication
Lanterns
Pipes (Smoking)
Taverns (Inns)
Wine - Subjects
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Clerks
Clergy
Glassware
Interiors
Intoxication
Lanterns
Pipes (Smoking)
Taverns (Inns)
Wine
England > 1795
England > London > 1795
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
- 8047262
- Object ID (OID)
- 16740497