A Methodist, LOVE FEAST/ The GOSPLE WIFE or the BELLOWS LECTURE.

DateNovember 28, 1772

Publisher I. Read

MediumBlack and white line engraving

DimensionsOH: 8 3/4" x OW: 13 3/4"; Plate H: 7 7/8" x W: 12 1/2"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1954-485

DescriptionThe upper margin reads: "A Methodist, LOVE FEAST"

The lower margin reads: "Publishd as the Act directs Nov.r 28: 1772 by I. Read, N.o 116 in y.e Strand./ THE GOSPLE WIFE or the BELLOWS LECTURE./ Our sister Rachell long had Strove;/ To ease her flame of holy Love,/ At length succeeds, Cantwell appears;/ To ease her of her growing fears,/ She sighs, he groans, she heavs her breast;/ Each long to make each other Blest,/ At length she tells with Pittyous face;/ Dwindle's in Years - and that's the Case,/ Enough, he Flyes, the Busyness done;/ Her fears are lost, his prize is Won,/ But happy, Just as all was ore;/ Dwindle comes thundering at the Door,/ (The Table hides the Priest) with care;/ She letts him in, but not to far,/ Then Beats him back, that Cantwell may;/ Depart in Peace the safest way."ProvenanceBefore 1954, the Old Print Shop (New York, NY); 1954-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).