A thin curate with stringy hair is riding on a tired-looking horse. He holds a baby in the crook of his left arm; his obese wife rides behind him, a nosegay in her hand. Behind them, on the left, an attractive pregrant young woman stands under a tree looking down the valley at a large country house in the background on the right
Description:
Title from item., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered '7' in upper right corner., One of two prints published by Darly with the same date. In the other the original design is attributed to Henry William Bunbury (1750-1811). Cf. Library of Congress, call no. PC 3 - 1772 - Curate on a visit (A size) [P&P]., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Clergy: curates -- Children: infants -- Women: pregnant women -- Buildings: country houses., and Watermark: Strasburg bend with initials L V G below (partially trimmed).
Publisher:
Pub. by MDarly, Strand, April 4th, 1772, accor. to act
Title from item., First published by M. Darly on April 4, 1772., Plate numbered '5' in lower left corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Curates -- Children -- Buildings: country houses.
Publisher:
Published 12th May 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, Infants, Pregnant women, Horseback riding, and Dwellings
