Easter offerings for the church

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Robert Seymour

1798-1836

[London] : [G. Cowie],

wood engraving

79 x 101 mm

Peel 2117

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.

Notes:

Probably detached from one of four issues of Whiggeries and waggeries, London : William Strange, 1834. This publication reprinted wood engravings by Robert Seymour, Robert Cruikshank, and others which had previously appeared-- often with different captions-- in Figaro in London, also published by Strange. The identical image appeared in Figaro in London, no. 70, April 6, 1833, with the same title.

Summary:

Lord Brougham, Earl Gray, and another unidentified politician present an unidentified church official with a scroll labelled, "Bill to abolish all pluralities" and a sack labelled "A reduced income," which the churchman is outraged by. Two small pigs are escaping from a sack the churchman is holding.

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Drawings and Prints