Parsonic piety [graphic]

Description

Title: Parsonic piety [graphic]
Creator: Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Contributor: Fores, S. W., publisher.
Published / Created: [20 January 1794]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. Jan. 20, 1794, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Description: Title from item.
Sheet trimmed to and within plate mark.
Publisher's advertisement following the imprint: ... where may be seen a compleat model of the guilotine [sic], the head and hand of Count Struenzee & the largest collection of caracaturs [sic] in the world.
Two images on one plate. Two columns of text under each image: Good precepts ... , But bad examples ... .
Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: church -- Churches: pulpit -- Church clerks --Clergy: parsons -- Brothels -- Prostitutes -- Walking staves -- Watches -- Pickpocketing -- Allusion to gambling -- Book of Common Prayer -- Lighting: watchman's lantern -- Watchmen -- Covent Garden.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 25 x 41 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1794
Etchings England London 1794
Publishers' advertisements
Material: etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subjects: England > 1794
England > London > 1794

Access: Public
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