A Shrewd Guess or the Farmers Definition of Parliamentary Debates.
C.W. [Charles Williams] fecit.
Pub,d by T Tegg N° 111 Cheapside London. [n.d. c.1813.]
Coloured etching. 255 x 350mm (10 x 13¾"). Unexamined out of frame.
A family discussion in a farm-house kitchen: the farmer says ''th' men ith Parliament up at Lunnon makes sham quarrels; and then grins at us folk ith country for believen un to be in Arnest!!'' The son replies ''Eh Feather! why that be just like Dr Solomon w'th folks that swallow his balm of Gulllad [Gilead]'', a reference to Samuel Solomon (1780-1819), a quack doctor who practised and prospered at Liverpool.
BM Satire 12143.
[Ref: 51854] £280.00
Pub,d by T Tegg N° 111 Cheapside London. [n.d. c.1813.]
Coloured etching. 255 x 350mm (10 x 13¾"). Unexamined out of frame.
A family discussion in a farm-house kitchen: the farmer says ''th' men ith Parliament up at Lunnon makes sham quarrels; and then grins at us folk ith country for believen un to be in Arnest!!'' The son replies ''Eh Feather! why that be just like Dr Solomon w'th folks that swallow his balm of Gulllad [Gilead]'', a reference to Samuel Solomon (1780-1819), a quack doctor who practised and prospered at Liverpool.
BM Satire 12143.
[Ref: 51854] £280.00