Flemish characters [graphic]Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmakerJany. 1, 1822.eng"A scene at the door of a Flemish church (right) in a small square. A procession of little girls, uniformly dressed, wearing aprons and sabots, each with a large book under her arm, enters the church, the smallest in the rear. They are followed (left) by a fat Flemish woman wearing a hooded cloak, a book in her hand, a birch-rod hanging from her wrist. On the extreme left a little boy walks between his stout parents, taking a hand of each. Behind, three men are indicated, also with books. On the right three nuns approach the door, skirting the wall of the church. Above their heads is a crucifix in a niche. In the background are gabled buildings."--British Museum online catalogueTitle etched below image.Final words of imprint statement, including date, erased from sheet. Complete imprint from British Museum catalogue.One of two prints by Gillray with the same title and publication date.Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: Flemish churches -- Female costume: sabots -- Flemish costume -- Birching -- Crucifixes -- Symbols: skull and crossbones -- Children -- Nuns.1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 23.2 x 36.4 cm.Sheet trimmed to plate mark.Mounted on leaf 51 of volume 8 of 12.