[A master parson with a good living] [art original].

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Title: [A master parson with a good living] [art original].
Creator: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, artist
Published / Created: [ca. 1782]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: In a richly decorated and carpeted interior, an obese clergyman with his equally large, bespectacled wife sit at a dining table with their three children; on the back wall hangs a portrait of the clergyman. He raises a wineglass to his lips as a servant uncorks another bottle of wine
Description: Title from pencil inscription on verso.
Date of production based on date of published mezzotint after this design.
The daughter's face has been redrawn on a small piece of paper that has been pasted over the original sheet.
For a mezzotint engraving of this design, see no. 3753 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3.
Provenance: Purchased from Abbott and Holder, October 2020.
Extent: 1 drawing : image 32.8 x 25 cm, on visible sheet 35.5 x 26 framed to 55 x 45.5 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English