"The young man, ragged and melancholy, sits outside a pigsty holding some of the pea-pods from a heap at which two pigs are guzzling. Behind is a large tree and (right) a distant village church."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title from item.
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Published 12th April, 1797, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Prodigal son (Parable) in art, Swine, Troughs, and Depression (Mental state)
A rotund rector with a caricatured, grinning face sits at his dinner table in his comfortable upholstered arm chair. He gestures to his manservant, who wears an equally pleased look on his face, to place the roasted pig on the table. A dog sits at th...
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Title engraved above image.
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Pubd. Decr. 1, 1791, by W. Holland, No. 50 Oxford St.
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, Dogs, Eating & drinking, Servants, Swine, Tableware, and Tithes
A sailor (just returned, his dropped knapsack in the right foreground) supports his swooning wife, overcome at seeing him return, outside a thatched cottage, while a little girl and a little boy (broom in hand) on the left hurry up to help; a pig in t...
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Publish'd 17th June 1793, by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Bags, Brooms & brushes, Children, Couples, Dwellings, Homecomings, Sailors, British, Ships, Swine, and Young adults
"View of the tavern and tea house, known as Hornsey Wood House, in Harringay, north London; a family walking past in foreground, two pigs to the left."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Published 12th Septemr. 1792 by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London