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print
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satirical print
Object Type
print
satirical print
Museum number
2010,7042.1
Title
Object:
Which Way Shall I Turn Me
Description
Satire on the clergy; a plump clergyman stands between a bare-breasted young woman reclining on a sofa and a table laid with a roast sucking pig and a bottle of claret; his eyes are turned to the latter. 1794 Etching and stipple, hand-coloured
Producer name
After:
Richard Newton
Published by:
William Holland
School/style
British
Production date
1794
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
stipple
hand-coloured
Dimensions
Height:
250 millimetres
Width:
314 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Alexander lists as no. 130 another print with the same title showing a pretty woman chosing between a rich old man and a young officer who can offer her nothing but love.
Bibliographic references
Alexander 1998 / Richard Newton and English caricature in the 1790s
(129)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
satire
cleric
eroticism/sex
eating/drinking
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Winifred Margaret Klingender
(estate of)
Purchased through:
Bonhams
(Oxford, 23.ii.2010)
Purchased through:
Andrew Edmunds
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Francis D Klingender
Acquisition date
2010
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
2010,7042.1
Conservation
Treatment
: 13 Oct 2010