Tythe in Kind; or the Sow's Revenge Object type satirical print term detailsprintfrontispiecebook-illustration term detailsbook term details Museum number1872,1109.323 Title (object) Tythe in Kind; or the Sow's Revenge Description 'The Wit's Magazine', i. 41. Illustration to verses (p. 71 f.) with the same title. A sow takes in its teeth the coat-tails of a fat parson who lies face downward on the stones of the sty. From his pocket projects a 'Tything Table'. Three small pigs scamper about the sty. A yokel in a smock-frock enters with a raised club to release the parson. Another with a pitchfork leans over the low paling with a grin; a small boy much amused looks over; a woman with a child in her arms watches with amusement. 1 March 1784 Etching More Producer namePrint made by: William Blake biographyAfter: Samuel Collings biographyPublished by: Harrison & Co biography School/styleBritish Date1784 Production placePublished in: London term details(Europe,British Isles,England,London) Materialspaper Techniqueetching term details DimensionsHeight: 194 millimetresWidth: 238 millimetres Inscriptions Inscription Content Lettered below image with production detail, "Collings del. / Blake sculp."; lettered below with object title; lettered below with publication line: "Publish'd as the Act directs, by Harrison & Co. March 1. 1784."Curator's comments(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VI, 1938) The parson, dissatisfied at the young pig offered by 'Hodge', has entered the sty in order to choose the best of the litter. One of many satires on tithes, cf. BMSat 6209, &c. (Supplementary information) This print illustrates verses that are printed in letterpress in the text of "The Wit's Magazine", pp. 71-72. For William Blake's prints for "The Wit's Magazine", etched after designs by Thomas Stothard and Samuel Collings, see 1872,1109.322-26 and J,7.6. Another impression of this print is in a scrapbook in the British Museum collection, reg. no. 1979,1110.25 (not yet catalogued on Merlin, as of 12th July 2004).

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