print;
satirical print
- Museum number
- 1935,0522.10.217.b
- Title
- Object: Mark me well boy.
- Description
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A parson rides (l. to r.) along a country lane, deep in mud, with a small boy seated behind him; the boy lifts his hands grinning; the man's back is criss-crossed with red lines. Two men wearing smocks watch delightedly. Two geese fly before the horse. Below the design: 'A clergyman in Sussex, . . . overtook a poor parishioner's Boy, who was carrying Raddle, in order to mark some Sheep with, . . . The Parson humanely took him up behind him, & as the Boy seldom attended at Church, he told him, he would . . . give him some instructions, adding after every sentence, "Mark me well Boy". I will Sir," says the Boy. The Parson . . . on finishing his Lecture, says, me well, do you hear?" I can't Mark you any more Sir," says the Boy, I have used all the Raddle." A crudely drawn print. Plate numbered 5. 10 November 1806
Hand-coloured etching
- Production date
- 1806
- Dimensions
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Height: 177 millimetres (cropped)
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Width: 224 millimetres (cropped)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- (Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VIII, 1947)
'Caricatures', x. 217.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1935
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1935,0522.10.217.b