A riddle expounded, or, The dignity of a parsons horse [graphic]Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker[not before 6 July 1807]eng"A jovial countryman leans on a rustic railing nailed to a tree, to address a fat elderly parson on horseback (right). 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 drink-blotched and prosperous-looking; in his pocket is a 'Sermon to beprea[ched] ...'."--British Museum online catalogueTitle etched below image.Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.Later state; date has been burnished from imprint statement.Date of publication based on complete imprint on earlier state: London, Pubd. July 6th, 1807, by Thos. Tegg, 111 Cheapside. Cf. Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 807.07.06.01.1.Plate numbered "136" in upper right corner.Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 2."Price 1 sh. collored [sic]."