“Fabrication du pain de riz. Au profit de la Mission des Religieuses de la Providence, à Madagascar.” Popover style tins are used to bake the rice bread over a low outdoor fire in a kitchen shelter at a village. Men, women and children all help with the process. The following information is printed on the back of the postcard: “Mission des Religieuses de la Providence à Madagascar, Procures: Couvent de la Providence, Corenc (Isère), ou Mère Berckmans, Providence St-Germain, La Tronche (Is.).” There is no handwriting on the back.
“Col. Leray – Cliché Augouard. 25. ̶ Congo Français. – Brazzaville. – Frabrication des hosties à la Mission. A man holding a large round spatula is shown making flatbread, used for communion wafers at the mission. There is no handwriting on the back of the postcard.
A tall, thin gentleman in a military uniform walks accross a mountainous landscape carrying on his back an obese parson with a "Tithes" basket full of chickens and a sucking-pig under his left arm and a scourge with three lashes in his right hand. Behind them and in front of his sheaved harvest stands a farmer dressed in a smock, with a branch in his right hand and his hat in the left. He says, "We Farmers have our Bodys Eat up, for the good of our Souls."
Alternative Title:
Majesty of the people
Description:
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Text following title: The Lord open'd the mouth of the ass, &c., and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, publisher.
Subject (Topic):
Clergy--England--18th century., Clothing & dress--England--1780-1790., Farmers., Military officers--British--18th century., Obesity. , Tithes. , and Whips.
