A vicar prays for a dying usurer while his wife receives medical advice. Mezzotint by B. Clowes after W. Dawes, 1768.

  • Dawes, William, active 1760-1774.
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12 March 1768
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18061i
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A vicar prays for a dying usurer while his wife receives medical advice. Mezzotint by B. Clowes after W. Dawes, 1768. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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London (53, Fleet Street) ; London (35, Cheapside) : Robert Sayer, map and printseller : Jn.o. Smith, 12 March 1768.

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1 print : mezzotint ; image 40.1 x 50.6 cm

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The dying usurer or the wife the physician. From an original picture by Mr. Dawes. B. Clowes fecit ... [Lettering on book in vicar's hand:] Westly prayers for perfect Christians. [In vicar's pocket:] Viper drops. Love feast [?]. [By casket of money:] A sure guide to hell. [Open pages of Bible on floor:] St. Mark. Chap. X. It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for the rich man to enter the kingdom of God. [Attached to bottle in wife's hand:] Composing draught. [By her skirts, a prescription:] Madm., the draught you ordered will effectively compose your husband. B. Bolus. [By old maid's beer jug:] The old woman's delight. [Protruding from bottom drawer:] Mortgage squandering ... moneytrap

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Wellcome Collection 18061i

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