The beef-headed parson, or, Vialls of wrath!! [graphic]Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker[1822?][approximately 1868?]eng"A kitchen scene. An ugly parson holding a small slice of meat speared on a fork, angrily berates his gardener (right), pointing behind him to a vast round of beef on the table (left). He bawls: 'Tis my Beef you rascal I'll swear to the Complexion of it--& my Bread too! & I'll have you hanged for stealing it. The gardener, a young man holding a spade, draws back in astonishment, saying, Lord love your Reverence my Aunt gave me that slice of Bread & Beef for my dinner to day!! The comely cook holds up her hands and turns up her eyes, exclaiming: O L--d O L--d what a x x x !!!!! it is no more like his Beef than I am--. A mouse scampers off, saying, Besides, if it was Cookee, what a d--d mean wretch to take notice of it-- 'tis time for me to be off! On the table are also a huge loaf, a slice of bread, and a knife. A leg of mutton is on a shelf; a large dresser with dishes, drawers, pots, &c, and a roller towel form a background."--British Museum online catalogueTitle etched below image.Restrike. For original issue of the plate, see no. 14407 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10.Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [approximately 1868?]Plate originally published in 1822; see British Museum catalogue.Cf. Cohn, A.M. George Cruikshank: a catalogue raisonné, 714.Cf. Reid, G.W. A descriptive catalogue of the works of George Cruikshank, 1059.