Rowlandson (Thomas)

the portly drunken vicar is aided by his skinny clerk, Moses, and a pretty young lady, a variant of the Vicar and Moses theme, popular in verse, print and pottery figurines since the mid 18th century for satirising the worldly weakness of the clergy,

hand-coloured etching, 320 x 240 mm. (12 5/8 x 9 1/2 in), [not in BM Satires],