A parson being put into bed with an ass dressed in a frilled nightgown, as a practical joke. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1814.
- Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830.
- Date:
- 1 February [1814]
- Reference:
- 38424i
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A practical joke reported to have been played on a parson who had made an assignation with one of the servant-girls at Petworth, Sussex, the seat of Lord Egremont. In the foreground is the Prince Regent, though, as the British Museum catalogue points out, no visit by him to Petworth is recorded at this period
Publication/Creation
[London] (5 Newgate Street) : [W.N. Jones], 1 February [1814]
Physical description
1 print : etching, with watercolour ; image 18.8 x 50.5 cm
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Lettering
The divine and the donkey - or Petworth frolicks.
Extensive lettering within the print
References note
British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, London 1949, vol. 9, no. 12182
Reference
Wellcome Collection 38424i
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