Fantasio at church, where the priests and gallants are celebrating the feast of st theresa, for a cardinal's niece named theresa; fantasio, a small boy, climbs up to the pulpit at right to make an offering to an attractive young woman, fashionable men standing around at left, looking combative; behind, a priest at the altar; musicians and women holding fans in the upper galleries; illustration to charles gildon, 'the new metamorphosis: or, pleasant transformation of the golden ass of lucius apuleius of madaura. . ' (london, 1724), vol. 1, p. 8. Etching. Date: 1724. Dimensions: Height: 147 mm; Width: 82 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Charles Gildon. Collection: British Museum. Print, satirical print, book-illustration (BM 1972,U.932)
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