The Vicar going to Dinner with the Esquire, 1768

Satire on country clergy showing a self-important vicar. The vicar raises a heavy stick to beat his tired horse and accidentally hits his wife who sits aside behind his saddle. Two parish school-children curstey and bow obsequiously; a milestone on the right reads, "xxx miles from london". 1 june 1768 etching and engraving. Date: 1768. Dimensions: Height: 249 mm; Width: 353 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum.