Wet Parsons.
DateSeptember 15, 1785
After work by
Thomas Rowlandson
Engraver
Pierre Simon
Engraver
Francis Jukes
OriginEngland, London
MediumSepia aquatint with etching
DimensionsOH: 14 1/8" x OW: 15 1/4"; Plate H: 13 1/4" x W: 15 1/4"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1941-176
DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "Wet Parsons./ Design'd by T. Rowlandson/ Aquatinto by F. Jukes./ Engraved by P. Simon/ London Publish'd Sept.r 15.th-1785-by J.R. Smith N.o 83-Oxford Street"Label TextA group of five parsons sit around a table in an inn courtyard, drinking and smoking. A maid brings a large bowl towards them. Another of the group has turned towards a tree to relieve himself. In a window over the door, a young man and maid are embraced. A dog sits begging at the table. A painting hangs over the exterior door and a spire of a church is in the distance.ProvenanceBefore 1941, Kennedy & Co. (New York, NY); 1941-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).
