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Vicars, Parochial

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18 images from works
  • A vicar using sign language to the congregation at a service at a deaf and dumb church. Wood engraving after A.S. Hartick (?).
  • Country folk pushing a lawyer, a physician and a gouty vicar in wheelbarrows out of their village. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1819.
  • A vicar asking a woman if she likes her new female doctor, the woman retorts that she prefers male doctors and finds them more genteel. Wood engraving after G. Du Maurier.
  • Wellington and Peel compared with the Siamese twins (above); a rich bishop and a poor parson; and a street vendor of figurines. Etching by W. Heath, 1830.
  • Death's triumph over a much loved family man; illustrated by a skeletal death figure pulling the hair of the retreating doctor. Coloured aquatint after T. Rowlandson, 1814, after himself.
  • A man with gout seated at a table drinking with a parson and a woman. Coloured etching.
  • A man with gout seated at a table drinking with a parson and a woman. Coloured etching.
  • A physician, a lawyer and a vicar; represented as outlandish figures. Coloured etching.
  • A parson guilty of long tedious sermons has fallen asleep as a veteran relates at length the tactics used at the battle of Dettingen: both ignore a woman who brings them a dish of cooked chicken. Etching by T. Rowlandson, 1784.
  • Death's triumph over a much loved family man; illustrated by a skeletal death figure pulling the hair of the retreating doctor. Coloured aquatint after T. Rowlandson, 1814, after himself.
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Works from the collections

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    A physician, a lawyer and a vicar; represented as outlandish figures. Coloured etching.

    | Reference: 10772i
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    Vignettes of Peel's first ministry surrounded by eight figures representing certain professions. Coloured lithograph, 1835.

    | Date: 2 February 1835 | Reference: 12241i
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    A parson guilty of long tedious sermons has fallen asleep as a veteran relates at length the tactics used at the battle of Dettingen: both ignore a woman who brings them a dish of cooked chicken. Etching by T. Rowlandson, 1784.

    Thomas Rowlandson | Date: Feb. 11 1784 | Reference: 33167i
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    A farmer telling his family, a doctor, a vicar and a lawyer his last will and testament. Coloured etching by H.W. Bunbury, 1809?, after G.M. Woodward.

    George Murgatroyd Woodward | Date: 1809 | Reference: 11225i
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    The wedding ceremony of two deaf and dumb people conducted in sign language. Process print after H. Ash.

    | Reference: 17977i
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Related topics

Physicians
House furnishings
Gout
Lawyers
Costume - History - 19th century

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