V. 3. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A parson (left) leans from his pulpit, preaching with extended arm, while his clerk takes round the plate, with a sly smile: "I percieve my Beloved Brethren, that my discourse has operated on your feelings and sensibility, but I would advise you to be just before you are generous, I shall keep my eyes on you, and if any of you my Brethren are not in a state of solvency, or cannot pay twenty shillings in the pound (however may be the goodness of your respective Hearts) do not bestow a donation." The congregation eagerly hasten to contribute handsomely, making various remarks (e.g.) 'Ecod thats a capital manœuvre it's worth a pound note already.' A well-dressed man slinks off, saying, "Nothing but gold or Pound Notes well I'll steal off--I dont what [sic] business I had to poke my nose here"."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Alternative Title:
Way to finish a charity sermon
Description:
Title etched below image., Later state, with beginning of imprint statement burnished from plate., Date of publication based on complete imprint on earlier state: Pubd. Novr. 1st, 1815, by Thos. Tegg, 111 Cheapside. Cf. No. 12652 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9., Four lines of quoted verse following title: "Nature has made man's breast no windores, "to publish what he does within doors; "nor what dark secrets there inhabit, "unless his own rash folly blab it., Plate numbered "217" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 3., Also issued separately., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top and bottom edges.
