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

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[London] (5 Newgate Street) : [W.N. Jones], 1 February [1814]

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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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