The PARSON and CAPTAIN.
Dateca. 1760
Publisher
Carington Bowles
1724 - 1793
OriginEngland, London
MediumBlack and white mezzotint engraving
DimensionsOH: 13 3/4" x W: 9 7/8"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1973-263
DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "The PARSON and CAPTAIN./ If Parsons will drink as the Laity do,/ They must expect Joking and Cuckoldom too;/ The Smiles of that Fair-one premeditate this,/ And Captains are certainly fond of a Kiss./ Printed for CARINGTON BOWLES, Map & Printseller, N.o 69 in S.t Pauls Church Yard, LONDON."ProvenanceBefore 1973, Weinred & Douwma, Ltd. (London, England); 1973-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).
