Satire on religious hypocrisy. A minister, dressed in the manner of a quaker with long hair and a broad-brimmed hat, is accosted by, on the left, an attractively dressed and smiling young woman who puts her arm on his shoulder and pulls at his sleeve with the other; he looks sidelong at her, while raising a hand, perhaps in blessing, towards an older woman, on the right, plainly-dressed, who grasps his arm with one hand while the other, holding "whitefields hymns", gestures towards george whitfield's tabernacle (in tottenham court road). In the background, to left, is a tavern with a sign reading, "the old goat new revived" beside which hangs a bunch of grapes; an ass stands beneath the sign between a basket and a barrow of hay. 1 january 1773. Etching and engraving. Date: 1773. Dimensions: Height: 368 mm; Width: 257 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. The Spirit is Willing but the Flesh is Weak (BM 1866,1110.1449)
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