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Sly Hodge, or, A new way to cheat the parson
Title
Sly Hodge, or, A new way to cheat the parson [graphic].
Publication
[London] : Published 12th May, 1800, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London, [12 May 1800]
Physical Description
1 print : etching & engraving ; plate mark 19.8 x 24.8 cm, on sheet 23 x 29 cm
Medium
wove paper.
Notes
Title etched above image.
From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls.
Other prints in the Laurie & Whittle Drolls series were executed by either Isaac Cruikshank or Richard Newton.
Three lines of text below title: Ods Dickins - I ha play'd our new parson such a funney trick. You must know he came to our house last night ...
Plate numbered '244' in lower left corner.
Summary
"A yokel in a smock laughs, clasping his side, with two others, who listen with sly grins. He has a pitchfork the others spade and rake. Behind is a cottage among trees; in the background a church spire. Below the design: 'Ods Dickins - I ha Play'd our New Parson such afunney trick, You must know he came to our house last Night in the midst of the Storm - so what does I do but persuades he to sleep with Wife & I - so I slips out of Bed this morning & leaves em both fast a sleep - Now thinks I as I shuts the door softly - how Foolish he will look when he finds himself alone in Bed with my Wife - an't that a good Joke now, ha, ha, ha.'."--British Museum online catalogue.
Variant and related titles
New way to cheat the parson
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 27, 2008
References
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 8, no. 10218
Genre/Form
Genre prints.
Etchings - England - London - 1800.
Engravings - England - London - 1800.
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