A design in two compartments:
lambeth. A fat parson and two ladies are seated at a dinner-table, guzzling. On the table-cloth is a small mitre with crossed croziers. A gothic window indicates lambeth palace. The parson, evidently the archbishop, moore (right), his mouth crammed, and plying his knife and fork, says to a young woman sitting opposite him: "do you chuse any more"; she answers, "no more i thank ye". Between them, full-face, sits a fat, gaily dressed lady. On the table are a large tureen decorated with a mitre, fish, a hare, wine, &c. A footman enters from the right carrying a capon. On the wall is a framed text: 'abstain from worldly lusts not given to feasting & gluttony. ' above it is etched, 'is this a fast that i have chosen. '
spital fields. A destitute weaver's family in a poverty-stricken room. A young mother seated by a table attempts to suckle an infant; a little girl clamours at her knee. The man sits in profile to the right, gloomily contemplating a print of a footpad and his victim pinned on the wall. He sits by a hearth on which there is a scanty fire; a little boy (right) crouches over it, looking over his shoulder at a starving cat which gnaws an old shoe. Through the missing frame of a casement window is seen a 'manufatory' [sic] falling in ruins in a snowy and desolate setting. On the wall are two large placards, each a subscription list: 'subscibtion for family in distress in consequence of the war'; its three columns are blank except for one meagre entry. 'a list of subscribtion[s] for emigrant clergy' has three columns closely filled, and a total of '10,000'. 14 february 1794
etching. Date: 1794. Dimensions: Height: 249 mm; Width: 353 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: John Moore, Archbishop of Canterbury. Collection: British Museum. A general fast in consequence of the war!! (BM 1868,0808.6338)
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