The Pluralist and Old Soldier.A Soldier once and in the Beggar's list / Did thus adress a well-fed Pluralist.
[Engraved by Matthew Darley after John Collier.]
Pub.d according to Act of Parl.t by M.Darly facing New Round Court the Strand 1766.
Etching. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾").
A scene illustraing engraved verse. A ragged and unkempt old soldier (a crippled veteran of Guadalupe, taken from the French in 1759) begging arms from a well-fed pluralist parson, who holds a glass of ale and a tobacco pipe. The soldier's entreaties are haughtily dismissed by the clergyman.
See BM Satires 3994 for a 1762 version, in reverse.
[Ref: 14123] £420.00
Pub.d according to Act of Parl.t by M.Darly facing New Round Court the Strand 1766.
Etching. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾").
A scene illustraing engraved verse. A ragged and unkempt old soldier (a crippled veteran of Guadalupe, taken from the French in 1759) begging arms from a well-fed pluralist parson, who holds a glass of ale and a tobacco pipe. The soldier's entreaties are haughtily dismissed by the clergyman.
See BM Satires 3994 for a 1762 version, in reverse.
[Ref: 14123] £420.00