<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:title>A riddle expounded, or, The dignity of a parsons horse [graphic]</dc:title><dc:creator>Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker</dc:creator><dc:date>[6 July 1807]</dc:date><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:description>A jovial countryman leans on a rustic railing next to a tree, to address a fat elderly parson on horseback (riding to the left). He asks, "Ha! Ha, the knaust Doctor I be a rum fellow, Canst thee tell me why a parsons horse be like a king?" The parson answers with a grin, "Why you rogue, because it is guided by a minister."   He is red-faced and freckled and prosperous looking, with a round belly; he carries a sermon in his pocket whose title is "Sermon to be prea[ched] ..."</dc:description><dc:description>Plate numbered '136' in upper right corner.</dc:description><dc:description>Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.</dc:description><dc:description>Cf. No. 10904 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8 for description of later state with altered imprint statement.</dc:description><dc:description>Sheet trimmed within plate mark.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>