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2.
- Creator:
- Colley, Thomas, active 1780-1783, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1786?]
- Call Number:
- 786.00.00.35+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A jolly fat parson,with an egg basket over his right arm and chicken, pigs, and geese bursting from his pockets and the tops of his boot, rides a horse to the right towards a sign that reads "120 Miles to London." On the extreme left a pig walks from a thatched cottage, following the parson who has apparently taken one of her young
- Alternative Title:
- Country parsons return from tithing
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd & sold by W. Humphrey, No. 3 Lancaster Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- England., England, and London.
- Subject (Topic):
- Tithes, Clergy, Swine, Horses, Hedges (Plants), Chickens, Geese, Thatched roof buildings, and Milestones
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The old sow in distress, or The country parsons return from tithing [graphic].
3.
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- Feby. 1826.
- Call Number:
- 826.02.00.02
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A scene outside the Ram Inn (with a ram above the sign "Dealer in foreigh wintes"), part of whose front forms a background. Yokels are crowded in a wagons with banners, fiddlers, and trumpeter, all wearing favors, and accompanied by many pedestrians (including women and children with dogs) and one or two mounted men. They are witnesses, &c., in a lawsuit on the claim of the vicar of Berkeley, Mr. Carrington, to the great tithes of Gloucester; on a verdict against the vicar they are about to go in procession to Berkeley for a celebration near the vicarage, with a roasted ox, firing of small cannon, &c.
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Watermark: J Whatman Turkey Mill.
- Publisher:
- Published by Sherwood & Co.
- Subject (Topic):
- Banners, Celebrations, Clergy, Crowds, Musicians, Parades & processions, Pedestrians, Taverns (Inns), and Tithes
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The comical procession from Gloucester to Berkeley [graphic]
4.
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1826]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 C9 824 no. 22
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A scene outside the Ram Inn (with a ram above the sign "Dealer in foreigh wintes"), part of whose front forms a background. Yokels are crowded in a wagons with banners, fiddlers, and trumpeter, all wearing favors, and accompanied by many pedestrians (including women and children with dogs) and one or two mounted men. They are witnesses, &c., in a lawsuit on the claim of the vicar of Berkeley, Mr. Carrington, to the great tithes of Gloucester; on a verdict against the vicar they are about to go in procession to Berkeley for a celebration near the vicarage, with a roasted ox, firing of small cannon, &c.
- Description:
- Title and imprint from published state., Plate etched for: Westmacott, C.M. English spy. London : Sherwood, Jones, and Co., 1825-1826., For published state see: No. 15225 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10., and Ms. note in pencil on front: Page 334, Vol. 2.
- Publisher:
- Sherwood & Co.
- Subject (Topic):
- Celebrations, Clergy, Crowds, Musicians, Parades & processions, Pedestrians, Taverns (Inns), and Tithes
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The comical procession from Gloucester to Berkeley] [graphic]
5.
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [10 April 1783] and [approximately 1868?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 3. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A tall, thin gentleman in a military uniform walks across 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:
- Title etched below image., Restrike, with "J. Gillray fecit" added in lower left corner. For original issue of the plate, see no. 6209 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Text following title: The Lord open'd the mouth of the ass, &c., Temporary local subject terms: Balaam -- Parsons -- Scourges -- Military uniforms: Militia, colonel., and On leaf 3 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. April 10th, 1783, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand and Field & Tuer
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Tithes, Clergy, Farmers, Military officers, British, Clothing & dress, Whips, and Obesity
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Balaam, or, The majesty of the people [graphic]
6.
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [10 April 1783]
- Call Number:
- 783.04.10.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- 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:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Text following title: The Lord open'd the mouth of the ass, &c., and Mounted to 31 x 45 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. April 10th, 1783, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Tithes, Clergy, Farmers, Military officers, British, Clothing & dress, Whips, and Obesity
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Balaam, or, The majesty of the people [graphic].
7.
- Creator:
- June, John, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- according to act of Parliament, March 13, 1752.
- Call Number:
- 752.03.13.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A farmer and his wife stand in a yard; a parson stands on the right. The wife, on the left, holds a sheath of wheat under one arm and a sucking pig under another; next to her and addressing the parson is the farmer with a baby in his arms. The parson leans on a walking stick as he gives a blessing with his right hand but his facial expression suggests greed. In the background is a large house, a dovecote, and a deer; a peacock sits perched on an iron fence. In the far left background is a church
- Alternative Title:
- Tithe pig
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet within plate mark with loss to image on the left side and part of the printmaker's signature., Eight lines of verse in two columns on either side of title: Ralph's wife and sow as gossips tell ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Mounted to 30 x 26 cm. On the verso, a map: Operations of the siege of the Citadel of Antwerp ... London : M. Colnaghi, Decr. 1832., and Loss of 1.5 cm of image on the left; inked in on the mounting sheet in a later hand. Inking partially obscures printmaker's name below the image.
- Publisher:
- Printed for T. Fox
- Subject (Topic):
- Churches, Clergy, Fences, and Tithes
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The tythe pig [graphic]
8.
- Creator:
- Miller, John, 1715-1790?, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- accorg. to act of Parliament 1751.
- Call Number:
- 751.00.00.50+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire on the clergy; a farmer and his wife offering their tythe to a clergyman by the tithe barn at the gate of his rectory; the man holds a sucking pig, the woman holds out an infant, saying that if the clergyman wants the former he must also take the latter; the clergyman turns away looking back over his shoulder in distaste."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Tithe pig and Dime
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Caption at top of image: La dime., Two columns of verse below title: In country village lives a vicar, fond--as all are!--of tythes and liquor ..., 'Price 6d.', and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Sold at the print shops of London & Westminster
- Subject (Topic):
- Clergy, Farms, and Tithes
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The tythe pig [graphic]
9.
- Creator:
- Newton, Richard, 1777-1798, artist
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1791?]
- Call Number:
- Drawings N481 no. 5 Box D140
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A thin emaciated Parson holds a 'tithe' in the form of a pig in a basket while a second Parson, obese with a huge puanch, raises a stick in the air and opens his mouth wide as if beginning an admonishment
- Description:
- Title, date, and artist attribution suggested by cataloger. and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Tithes, Swine, Clergy, and Great Britain
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The tithe pig] [art original].
10.
- Creator:
- Phillips, John, fl. 1825-1831, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- May 1829.
- Call Number:
- 829.05.00.07+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Wellington in civilian dress stands between two fat bishops wearing mitres pulling each by an ear as they vomit huge streams of gold coins into a large wooden tub that is labeled: Receptacle for the poor curates, repairs of churches, and support of paupers. A spout from the tub funnels coins into a smaller tub from which a man shovels coins into money bags which are labelled: For curates, Repairs of Churches, Support of Paupers. Two thin curates walk away with bags labelled 'Poor curates' as one says, "Thanks to the Powers that has relieved our Wants." From the cherub's horn blow the words: "See the conquering hero comes."
- Description:
- Title from item., Figure of a sharpshooter is the device of John Phillips., In the subtitle " ... or The tithes in danger" the word 'tithes' has been etched in over the word 'Church' which has been scored through with several etched lines., and Signed by the printmaker using an artist's device: a figure of sharpshooter in the imitation of the 'Paul Pry' signature.
- Publisher:
- Pub. by S.W. Fores, 41 Piccadilly
- Subject (Name):
- Wellington, Arthur Wellesley,
- Subject (Topic):
- Avarice, Bishops, Clergy, Coins, and Tithes
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Anticipation bringing them to the scratch. Hercules in the Church, or, The tithes in danger / [graphic]
