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

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Title: A scene in a convent, or, Miss Tit ups visit to Father Bald-pate [graphic].
Alternative Title: Miss Titups visit to Father Bald-pate
Miss Tit ups visit to Father Bald-pate
Published / Created: 10 Augt. 1778.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, No. 53 Fleet Street, as the Act directs
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".
Description: Title from item.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss collection, v. 3.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 15.3 x 11.4 cm, on sheet 20 x 14 cm
Language: English

Genre: Controversial literature
Early works to 1800
Mezzotints England London 1778
Satires (Visual works)
Material: mezzotint with etching ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Name): Catholic Church
Subject (Topic): Clergy
Monasticism and religious orders
Paintings
Clothing & dress
Subjects: Catholic Church > Clergy
Catholic Church > Controversial literature > Early works to 1800
Monasticism and religious orders
Clergy > England > 18th century
Paintings
Clothing & dress > England > 1770-1780
England > London > 1778

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