"An elegant young woman in a décolletée dress with bare arms, and a fat elderly monk (right) embrace. Their profiles are concealed behind the pillar supporting the double arch through which the confessional is seen."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Attribution to George Cruikshank from the British Museum catalogue., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
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publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Monks, Hugging, Confessionals, Columns, and Arches
"An adaptation of Gillray's 'Comfort to the Corns', British Museum Satires No. 9585. The old hag is altered to a rather younger woman, the wide hearth to a neat fireplace. The Gothic chair is replaced by a chair with a high cane back (of Charles II period). A cat watches the operation."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an etched version of the same design
Description:
Title from text below image., Probably a copy of an etching attributed to George Cruikshank and assigned a date of 1818. Cf. No. 13134 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Corns., and Mounted to 34.2 x 25.4 cm.
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publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Knives, Feet, Medical procedures & techniques, Cats, and Fireplaces
In a clear parody of Hogarth's "Sleeping Congregation" this scene in a dissenting chapel, shows the preacher leaning from the pulpit, his fist raised as he shouts to the congregation below. A squirrel sits on the canopy of pulpit gnawing on a nut. While some of the congregation in the foreground and those in the background in a raised pew or balcony look up at the preacher, most are smiling at their neighbors and exchanging amorous glances. A chandelier hangs from the upper margin, beside it an inscription: "My friends fear nothing! Follow the first and good commandment -- increase & multiply! Defy as I do Beelzebub & all his crew. We are as innocent lambs passing our evenings here in love and harmony. Hearken not to backsliders, attend regularly & your feelings shall be gratified."
Alternative Title:
Celebrated and Reverend T. Screech Me Dead attacking the devil in his strong hold
Description:
Title from item. and Publication date from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
Dissenters, Religious, Chapels, Courtship, Dissenters, and Preachers
