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."
1733-1738
September 15, 1785
1770-1800
October 20, 1747
1815 probably
1797-1810
November 9, 1784
August 16, 1785
ca. 1770