The parson at his studies, or, A skittle ground the wrong road to a benefice [graphic].Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker[not before 1 November 1815]eng"On a skittle-ground just outside an inn (left) with the sign of the mitre, a stout parson stoops to throw a ball at a set of ninepins, smoking a long pipe. A farmer, seated close to him, with a foaming jug, says, with his pipe in his mouth, "I think a game of skittles must be healthy exercise Doctor!!" The parson: "Yes! I was advised to it by my Physician! I find great benefit! I get quite a dab at it--here goes the Head of the Church!" He has not seen a grossly fat and carbuncled bishop who has entered the enclosure, leaving a carriage and pair at the gate. The bishop says: "Proceed good Doctor with your Game--I wish you all the benefit from it which your Physician has promised, but I am afraid it will never procure you a Benefice." A man in riding-dress, an ostler, and a countryman in a smock watch from the left, the bishop's coachman and footman from the gate (right)."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier stateTitle etched below image.Printmaker from description of earlier state in the British Museum catalogue.Later state; plate number has been added, and beginning of imprint statement has been burnished from plate.Date of publication based on complete imprint on earlier state: Pubd. Novr. 1st, 1815, by Thos. Tegg, 111 Cheapside. Cf. No. 12651 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9.Text following title: Vide Anecdote of Dr. Willett.Plate numbered "218" in upper right corner.Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 3.Also issued separately.Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top edge.1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25 x 34.9 cm, on sheet 25.6 x 41.8 cm.Watermark: 1817.Practice(?) lettering written in ink in a contemporary hand within leftmost speech bubble of design; additional assorted pen markings occur elsewhere on sheet.Leaf 78 in volume 3.