Cincinnatus in Retirement, Falsely Supposed to Represent Jesuit-Pad' Driven Back to his Native Potatoes. (from: Caricature, vol. 2)
Date:
1782
Materials & Techniques:
Etching, hand-colored
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 7/8 x 12 1/2in. (22.5 x 31.8cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered inside image, upper right: "Bonniface."; center left: "Whiskey."; center: "Relick No.1. used by St. Peter."; lettered below image, "CINCINNATUS in Retirement. | falsely supposed to represent Jesuit-Pad driven back to his native Potatoes. | see Romish Common-Wealth."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection