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1. A pleasing method of rouzing the doctor, or, A tythe pig no bad sight [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- published as the Act directs 31 August, 1775.
- Call Number:
- 775.08.31.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- A sleeping clergyman sits in an armchair, oblivious to a maid tickling his nose with the tail of a sucking pig, just delivered by a man standing in the open doorway. On a table is an inkstand and quill, a wine bottle, glass and candle with a book entitled "Tythe laws fully consider'd". At cat pulls from the table a paper labelled "Bans of marriage", while on the floor near a small dog a large book lies open to "Poem on good living". The clergyman's portrait and that of a woman hang on the wall behind him beside a map entitled "A Plan of the doctor's parish."
- Alternative Title:
- Tythe pig no bad sight and Pleasing method of rousing the doctor
- Description:
- Title from item. and Numbered in plate: 328.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Carington Bowles ... No.69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- England. and England
- Subject (Name):
- Church of England
- Subject (Topic):
- Clergy, Tithes, Church of England, Clothing & dress, Practical jokes, Dogs, and Swine
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A pleasing method of rouzing the doctor, or, A tythe pig no bad sight [graphic].
2. A tythe pig no bad sight [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [17--]
- Call Number:
- Print20089
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Description from similar print in Lewis Walpole Library: A sleeping clergyman sits in an armchair, oblivious to a maid tickling his nose with the tail of a sucking pig, just delivered by a man standing in the open doorway. On a table is an inkstand and quill, a wine bottle, glass and candle with a book entitled "Tythe laws fully consider'd". At cat pulls from the table a paper labelled "Bans of marriage", while on the floor near a small dog a large book lies open to "Poem on good living". The clergyman's portrait and that of a woman hang on the wall behind him beside a map entitled "A Plan of the doctor's parish."
- Description:
- Title below image., Date supplied by curator., Below title is a poem in three columns: "The well fed rich Doctor now Dinner is o'er, In his Arm Chair gives way to an Afternoon's snore ..., In margin lower right: 102., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
- Publisher:
- Printed for & Sold by Bowles & Carver, at their Map and ... Print Warehouse, No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- England. and England
- Subject (Name):
- Church of England
- Subject (Topic):
- Clergy, Tithes, Clothing & dress, Practical jokes, Dogs, and Swine
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > A tythe pig no bad sight [graphic].
3. Anticipation bringing them to the scratch. Hercules in the Church, or, The tithes in danger / [graphic]
- 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]
4. Balaam, or, The majesty of the people [graphic]
- 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]
5. Balaam, or, The majesty of the people [graphic].
- 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].
6. Cesars due and the subjects duty, or, A present for Cesar : in a sermon preach’t in the Minster at Yorke at the assizes there holden Aug. 3, 1663 by way of recantation of some passages in a former sermon preached in the same place and pulpit at the last assizes immediately before it / both of them by Thomas Bradley
- Creator:
- Bradley, Thomas, 1597-1670
- Published / Created:
- 1663
- Call Number:
- Mhc8 4
- Image Count:
- 20
- Alternative Title:
- A present for Cesar
- Description:
- Bound with twelve other titles.
- Publisher:
- Printed by Alice Broade, and are to be sold by Richard Lambert at the Minster-gates
- Subject (Topic):
- Sermons, English --17th century, Taxation --Great Britain, and Tithes
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Cesars due and the subjects duty, or, A present for Cesar : in a sermon preach’t in the Minster at Yorke at the assizes there holden Aug. 3, 1663 by way of recantation of some passages in a former sermon preached in the same place and pulpit at the last assizes immediately before it / both of them by Thomas Bradley
7. Paying tythes in kind [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [24 January 1795]
- Call Number:
- 795.01.24.03.2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A farmer releases a drove a bees from the beehive he delivers to a well-fed parson with a large wig. The clergyman and the couple behind him react with alarm as they swat at the bees. The parson's dog bites the farmer's smock. Another man enters the door (right) smiling
- Alternative Title:
- Paying tithes in kind
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., One line of text below image: Measter says, if he be obliged to vin'd the bees, he been't obliged to vin'd the hives an be rot to un., One of the series of Laurie & Whittle drolls., Numbered '147' in lower left of plate., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Published 24th Jany. 1795 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
- Subject (Topic):
- Beehives, Clergy, Farmers, and Tithes
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Paying tythes in kind [graphic].
8. The comical procession from Gloucester to Berkeley [graphic]
- 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]
9. The crowe & the pigeon [graphic]
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 October 1799]
- Call Number:
- 799.10.01.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Crowe and the pigeon and Crow and the pigeon
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Young women -- Pictures amplifying subject: painting of a church -- Slang: crow & pigeon -- Placards., and Printmaker's name in lower left of image partially erased from plate. Possibly a restrike.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Octr. 1, 1799, by Hixon, engraver, printer & printseller, No. 355, near Exeter-change, Strand
- Subject (Topic):
- Bottles, Cats, Clergy, Dogs, Firearms, Glassware, Interiors, Pipes (Smoking), Pitchers, Religious dwellings, Servants, Tithes, Wine, and Wine cellars
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The crowe & the pigeon [graphic]
