Author: THOMAS SUTHERLAND after
Title: The Village Retort - or Ghost of Small Tythes.
Description: Burgis & Barfoot, 1815. Etching, 260 x 360 mm. browned. "A Parson is a thing Established almost every where and like the Lion in his native Climate much more powerfull [sic] in Villages than in Towns or Cities - He is used for the benefit of Souls - but at the same time he is considered injurious to the pocket." A satirical print known in various forms, some with the additional text and some without and more often found hand coloured.

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