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    • Author/Creator:Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker.
    • Title:Now that I have illustrated my three pints, I shall proceed to draw some more ale!! [graphic] / J. ; W.H. fecit.
    • Publication:[London] : Pub. May 12, 1823, by G. Humphrey, 24 St. James's St. & 74 New Bond St., [12 May 1823]
    • Physical Description:1 print : etching ; sheet 13.2 x 17 cm
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    • Medium:wove paper
    • Notes:Title etched below image.
      Letter "J." or "I." beneath lower left corner of image may be the artist's signature.
      Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
    • Summary:"A fat bottle-nosed parson preaches from the upper story of a three-decker pulpit. Below him a lean curate sleeps, spectacles on forehead. A lank-haired rubicund clerk listens alertly. At the base of the design are the heads of a congregation, asleep, except for a flirting couple."--British Museum online catalogue.
    • Format:Visual Material
    • References:Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 10, no. 14574
    • Subjects:Clergy.
      Preaching.
      Pulpits.
      Religious services.
      Sleeping.
    • Genre/Form:Satires (Visual works)--England--1823.
      Etchings--England--London--1823.
      Watermarks (Paper)--1822.
    • Also listed under:Humphrey, G. (George), 1773?-1831?, publisher.
      England--London.