The vicar and Moses. (BM 1906,0719.21).jpg
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The vicar and Moses. (BM 1906,0719.21), Pl. 2; graveside scene at night; a fat vicar swathed in a surplice and looking at a book by the light of a lantern held up by a thin, singing clerk, from whom he also takes some snuff; the open grave to left, the child's coffin beside it, mourners behind, shrouded so that all but one face is invisible, the church in the background; scene illustrating the tale of 'the vicar and Moses', in which the clerk came to fetch the vicar to bury an infant but stayed to drink with him till past midnight, when both staggered out to go to the church; verses to the song below.
Stipple with etching, printed in colours
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The vicar and Moses. (BM 1906,0719.21), Uploads by copyfraud, Satirical prints in the British Museum, paper, Print made by: D Madan : After: Benedictus Antonio van Assen, The vicar and Moses.
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司教とモーセ。。 夜景の墓地。 太ったバイカーがの中で泳ぎ、歌を歌う店員が掲げた灯篭の光で本を見ている。 左側にある開いた墓、その横にある子供の棺、一人の顔以外が見えないようにき、背景にある教会。 「牧師とモーセ」の物語を描写するシーン。店員が牧師を連れて乳幼児を埋葬したが、その乳瓶と一緒に飲んだままエッチングが施されたスタイプル
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司教とモーセ。。
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snuff out surplice surpliced vicariate vicar vicarial fetch mourner swathing swathe stagger