Smoking a Parson
Satirical Etching
ca. 1807 (published)
ca. 1807 (published)
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This confrontation is about a woman flouting male authority. A gin-drinking, pipe-smoking, middle-aged woman brushes aside the criticisms of a church minister by giving as good as she gets. Above the doorway on the right is lettering which reads Rich Cordial Gin and inside the doorway is an early advertisement, for Old Tom tobacco.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Smoking a Parson (popular title) |
| Materials and techniques | Etching coloured by hand |
| Brief description | 'Smoking a Parson', etching, Isaac Cruikshank after George Moutard Woodward, London, ca. 1807 |
| Physical description | Satirical etching |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Frank A. Gibson |
| Summary | This confrontation is about a woman flouting male authority. A gin-drinking, pipe-smoking, middle-aged woman brushes aside the criticisms of a church minister by giving as good as she gets. Above the doorway on the right is lettering which reads Rich Cordial Gin and inside the doorway is an early advertisement, for Old Tom tobacco. |
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| Accession number | E.1226-1990 |
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| Record created | June 11, 2007 |
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