A Pleasing method of rouzing the Doctor_or a Tythe Pig no bad sight.
Dateca. 1765
Publisher
Samuel Carver
1756 - 1841
Maker
Bowles & Carver
fl. 1793 - 1832
Maker
Henry Carington Bowles
1763 - 1830
OriginEngland, London
MediumBlack and white mezzotint engraving with period hand color
DimensionsOverall: 10 1/2 × 8 1/2in. (26.7 × 21.6cm)
Other (Plate): 5 7/8 × 4 1/2in. (14.9 × 11.4cm)
Other (Plate): 5 7/8 × 4 1/2in. (14.9 × 11.4cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1941-230
DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "A Pleasing method of rouzing the Doctor_or a Tythe Pig no bad sight./ Printed for Bowles & Carver, N.o 69 in S.t Pauls Church Yard, London."Label TextThis represents a country parson's study, and himself sitting, fast asleep, in am arm-chair near a table bearing wine, a candle, a paper marked "Banns of Marriage," and a book on "Tythe Laws fully Considered"; a cat is playing with the paper. On the floor lies a large volume, marked "Poem on Good Living." "A Plan of the Doctor's Parish" hangs on the wall. The Parson's maid-servant has brought to him a succkling pig, and tickles his nose with the tail of the animal. A country boy, who delivered the pig, lingers at the open doorway.ProvenanceBefore 1941, Bland Gallery, Inc. (New York, NY); 1941-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).
