The vicar and Moses. [graphic] / (Plate I)

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Title: The vicar and Moses. [graphic] / (Plate I)
Creator: Madan, D., active 1790-1799, printmaker
Contributor: Coard, J., active 1795, publisher.
Van Assen, Benedictus Antonio, -1817, artist.
Stevens, George Alexander, 1710-1784.
Published / Created: [17 July 1795]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published July 17th, 1795, by I. Coard, No. 11 Lisson Street, Edgware Road
Abstract: "A fat vicar with pipe and glass standing in a doorway, regarding a nervous thin clerk, who holds another glass and a lantern; scene illustrating the tale of 'the vicar and Moses', in which the clerk came to fetch the vicar to bury an infant but stayed to drink with him till past midnight, when both staggered out to go to the church; verses to the song below."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Numbered '(Plate I)' in lower right below image.
First of two plates illustrating a popular song under the same title.
Thirty-two lines of verse (first half of the song) printed in two columns below title: At the sign of the horse, old Spintext of course, ...
Sheet trimmed mostly within plate mark.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. vi.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 26 x 19 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1795
Stipple engravings England London 1795
Etchings England London 1795
Songs
Material: etching & stipple engraving ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Clerks
Clergy
Glassware
Interiors
Intoxication
Lanterns
Pipes (Smoking)
Taverns (Inns)
Wine
Subjects: Clerks
Clergy
Glassware
Interiors
Intoxication
Lanterns
Pipes (Smoking)
Taverns (Inns)
Wine
England > 1795
England > London > 1795

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