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The Welch parson
Title
The Welch parson [graphic].
Publication
London : Pubd. Decr. 1st, 1790, by W. Holland, No. 50 Oxford St., [1 December 1790]
Physical Description
1 print : aquatint ; plate mark 35.8 x 25.8 cm, on sheet 42 x 28 cm
Medium
wove paper.
Local Notes
Temporary local subject terms: Literature: parody of Shakespeare's As You Like It, ii, 7, 163.
Notes
Title from item.
Original design attributed to Woodward. See British Museum catalogue.
Four lines of verse below title, beginning: Best scene of all ...
Summary
"A ragged man, wearing clerical bands, stands full face. He wears a wide-brimmed hat, his toes protrude through one shoe. He looks downwards with a meditative grimace, one arm held out towards a church steeple among trees. Mountains form a background. Beneath is etched: '"------Best scene of all, "With which I close this reverend description, "Is your Welch Parson, with his noble living, "Sans shoes, Sans hose, sans breeches, sans every thing.'"--British Museum online catalogue.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 12, 2006
References
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 6, no. 7781
Genre/Form
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1790.
Aquatints - England - London - 1790.
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