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1. The Welch curate [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- published as the act directs, 2nd June 1775.
- Call Number:
- 775.06.02.01.1+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire: a poor country curate at home, reading the Bible while peeling turnips for the evening meal, rocking a cradle on the right, and listening to his son's schooling; verses beneath record that his wife is "at washing" (perhaps for other families) and compares him with the lazy "proud Prelate"; on the wall hangs the popular image of 'Shon Ap Morgan' (see 1983,0625.9).""British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from item. and Eight lines of verse are inscribed in two columns on either side of title: "Tho' lazy, the proud prelate's fed... And rocks the cradle with his foot."
- Publisher:
- Printed for Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
- Subject (Topic):
- Cradles, Children, Families, Interiors, Clergy, and Welsh
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Welch curate [graphic].
