Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
A parish feast, humbly inscrib'd to the Church-wardens, vestrymen, Questmen, and parish officers.
Call Number
E South 14/GC021/Box 43/Oversize GA 2011.01389
Identifier
ark:/88435/dc1n79hh151
Publisher
London : [s.n.], 1741/12/26.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1741
Extent
1 item ; sheet 36.1 x 47.8 cm.
Source Acquisition
Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
References
British Museum. Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, [1978]. No. 2474 (gives date as c. 1740).
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Unidentified Artist [caricaturist]
Medium: Etchings
Depiction: Caricature; political satire. Church interior, dinner scene. Dining table surrounded by clergymen; over fireplace hangs "The Billl of the Church Wardens of ye Parish of St. _____", listing extravagant dinner expenses and meager charitable contributions.
Numbered in ink, upper center: "XV".
Unsigned.

Discovery Information

Subject
Political cartoons—Great Britain—18th century
Caricature
Clergy—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Dinners and dining—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
Church of England—Charitable contributions—Caricatures and cartoons

Physical Characteristics

File Count
2

Institutional Information

Collection
Omega Project
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/43deb4b8-80b0-41c1-8bfa-f202c7cbc8a3/manifest