Parsonic Piety.Good Precepts / do as I say. / But bad Examples / not as I do - .
IC [Isaac Cruikshank].
London Pub: Jan 20 1794 by S W Fores N3 Piccadilly where may be seen a complete model of the Guilotine, the Head and hand of Count Streuenzee & the Largest Collections of Caracaturs in the World.
Coloured etching, watermark C. Patch. Sheet 345 x 395mm (13¼ x 15½"). Trimmed within plate, some staining.
Two panels contrasting the life of a young parson. On the left he stands in the pulpit, his eyes raised sanctimoniously; on the right he stumbles out of a brothel in Covent Garden, drunk and dishevelled, arm around a prostitute who has picked his pocket, removing his watch.
BM Satires 8524.
[Ref: 56042] £260.00
London Pub: Jan 20 1794 by S W Fores N3 Piccadilly where may be seen a complete model of the Guilotine, the Head and hand of Count Streuenzee & the Largest Collections of Caracaturs in the World.
Coloured etching, watermark C. Patch. Sheet 345 x 395mm (13¼ x 15½"). Trimmed within plate, some staining.
Two panels contrasting the life of a young parson. On the left he stands in the pulpit, his eyes raised sanctimoniously; on the right he stumbles out of a brothel in Covent Garden, drunk and dishevelled, arm around a prostitute who has picked his pocket, removing his watch.
BM Satires 8524.
[Ref: 56042] £260.00