The old sow in distress, or The country parsons return from tithing [graphic].

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Title: The old sow in distress, or The country parsons return from tithing [graphic].
Alternative Title: Country parsons return from tithing
Creator: Colley, Thomas, active 1780-1783, artist
Contributor: Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, publisher.
Published / Created: [1786?]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd & sold by W. Humphrey, No. 3 Lancaster Street
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
Description: Title etched below image.
Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. II
Extent: 1 print : image 25.5 x 35.5 cm, on sheet 26 x 36 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1786
Etchings England London 1786
Engravings England London 1786
Material: etching and engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England.
England
London.
Subject (Topic): Tithes
Clergy
Swine
Horses
Hedges (Plants)
Chickens
Geese
Thatched roof buildings
Milestones
Subjects: Tithes > England
Clergy > England
Swine > England
Horses > England
Hedges (Plants)
Chickens > England
Geese > England
Thatched roof buildings > England
Milestones > England > London
England > 1786
England > London > 1786

Access: Public
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