3. Anonymous British
(18th Century)

The Bishopric

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Anon. British: The Bishopric

The Bishopric

Hand-colored etching, 1787, 244 x 177 mm., S.W. Fores, publisher. This "Gentlemans Design" of getting under a woman's skirt is a subtle and not so subtle satire of a parson's self-promotion, while it also clearly ridicules the fashions of the late 1770's. One of the usual intentions of a parson, so that he may secure his progress from undergraduate to bishop, is, among other things, to marry his patron's daughter. A fine impression on laid paper with early hand coloring.