The parson and the captain

Hand-colored mezzotint caricature [published by Carington Bowles]; soldier pouring glass of wine on head of parson drowsing at table, woman at door in right background; verse inscription below. Hand-colored mezzotint caricature [published by Carington Bowles]; soldier pouring glass of wine on head of parson drowsing at table, woman at door in right background; verse inscription below. Upright medium folio; margins severely trimmed; covered with small bumps. Caption below reads: 'If Parsons will drink as the Laity do, They must expect Joking and Cuckoldomm too, The Smiles of that Fair-one premeditate this, And Captains are certainly fond of a Kiss'. N.Y., Walter Schatzki, 1958.