The Morning Visit

Date1773

Engraver Thomas Sanders

After work by John Collier (Tim Bobbin) (1708 - 1786)

OriginEngland, London

MediumBlack and white line engraving and etching

DimensionsOH: 15" x OW: 10"; Plate: H: 13 1/4" x W: 9"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1966-191,3

DescriptionUpper margin reads: "The Morning Visit/ 42"
Lower margin reads: "Dean MY lord I hope your goodness will esxuse/ This early Visit, since my only views/ Are center'd in the glory of your House./ And now have brought a trifle--for your Spouse/ Of which I beg her kind acceptance__ __ then/ Rank me my Lord, amongst the happiest men./ Lord My rev'rend Dean, I'm glad to see you now,/ Early or late: or any time. I vow :/ what news abroad my rev;red Dean what news?/ Something's hehind_ have you no trifling views/ In which my Int'rest can the least avail__ __?/ Dean Indeed, my Lord of B__h declines so fast/ With Age, and Gout, this fit will be his last./ Lord I know he's old, and cannot long be here : / But, rev/d Dean, you know __ what 'tis a Year : / 'Twill gain me friends _____ ______/ Dean _____ ___ My Lord I know that's true,/ And all the Int'rest in my pow'rs your due/ In future times the same shall me controul/ My Friends ___ Estate __ __ my Body and my ___/ Lord 'Tis well my rev'rend Dean _ all's very right ; On these conditions you're put down to night, / You shall succeed_____ ______/ Dean ___ ___ All grateful thanks are due ;/ My gratitude shall shine, my Lord_: my mord adieu./ Publish'd as the Act direct, June 1773."
Label TextThis is a page from drawing book by Tom Bobbin (pseudonym for John Collier), "Human Passions Delineated, in above 120 figures, droll, satyrical and humourous: design'd in the Hogarthian Style, very useful for young Practitioners in Drawing, by Tim Bobbin Author of the Lancashire Dialect," 1773.

Shown is the study of a lord-of-the-manor. A cleric has come to pay his bill, which is in front of the Lord on a table. Two chests of various dues are in front of the table. Hanging above the Lord can be seen a mirror with sconces and the bottom of a painting.