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11.
A master parson with a good living [graphic].

Published / Created:
[ca. 25 June 1782]
Call Number:
782.06.25.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a richly decorated and carpeted interior, an obese clergyman, his obese bespectacled wife, and three children sit at table. A portrait of the parson hangs on the back wall. The clergyman raises a wineglass to his lips as a servant uncorks another bottle of wine
Description:
Title from item., Imperfect; trimmed to design with loss of imprint., Afger a design by Dighton., Place of publication and publisher from British Museum online catalogue., and Date estimated from British Museum. catalogue, v. 5, Appendix, "Key to the dates of the series of mezzotints issued by Carington Bowles."
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, Eating & drinking, Interiors, Tableware, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A master parson with a good living [graphic].

12.
A scene in a convent, or, Miss Tit ups visit to Father Bald-pate [graphic].

Published / Created:
10 Augt. 1778.
Call Number:
778.08.10.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A fashionably dressed young woman in a low-cut dress sits talking to an old (bearded but not bald) cleric in monastic habit who holds her hand. Behind the pair another monk peeks around the door smirking. Above the door a painting shows semi-clothed figures. Miss Tittup was a character in Garrick's "Bon Ton".
Alternative Title:
Miss Titups visit to Father Bald-pate and Miss Tit ups visit to Father Bald-pate
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, No. 53 Fleet Street, as the Act directs
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, Monasticism and religious orders, Paintings, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A scene in a convent, or, Miss Tit ups visit to Father Bald-pate [graphic].

13.
The continence of a Methodist parson, or, Divinity in danger [graphic].

Published / Created:
10 June 1776.
Call Number:
776.06.10.01
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
A Methodist minister standing before a building, possibly meant to represent Whitefield's tabernacle in Tottenham Court Rd., is confronted by two women, an older one who gestures toward the church and a young one, fashionably dressed and pulling him toward the public house on the right. The sign on the latter reads "The old goat new Reviv[ed]" and before it stands a donkey between two bales of hay
Alternative Title:
Divinity in danger
Description:
Title from item. and A reduced and reversed copy of The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak (George 4609) designed by J. Collet.
Publisher:
Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett No. 53 Fleet Street, as the act directs
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Methodists, Clergy, Methodism, Controversial literature, Donkeys, Taverns (Inns), and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The continence of a Methodist parson, or, Divinity in danger [graphic].