Balaam, or, The majesty of the people [graphic].Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker[10 April 1783]engA 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."Title etched below image.Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.Text following title: The Lord open'd the mouth of the ass, &c.1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.7 x 35.0 cm, on sheet 27.3 x 44.1 cm.Restrike; on paper watermarked "1828."Mounted on leaf 59 of volume 1 of 12.