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- Title:
- Ornaments of Chelsea Hospital; or - A Peep Into the Last Century ---
- Additional Title(s):
- Messenger Monsey
- Date:
- 1789
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching, hand-colored
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 10 x 10 3/4in. (25.4 x 27.3cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered inside image, upper center: "Ornaments of Chelsea Hospital; or a Peep into the Last Century."; lettered below image, lower center: "Epitaph on the late Dr. Monsey, supposed to be written by himself. | 'Here lie my old limbs - my vexation now ends, | For I've liv'd much too long for myself & my friends | As to church yards & grounds which the Parsons call holy, | Tis a rank piece of of priestcraft, & founded on folly; | In short, I despise them; and as for my soul, | Which may mount the last day with my bones from this hole | I think that it really hath nothing to fear | From the God of mankind, whom I truly revere | What the next world may be, little troubles my pate | If not better than this, I beseech thee, Oh! Fate, | When the bodies of millions fly up in a riot, | To let the old carcase of Monsley lie quiet.' | Peter Pindar." | "Pubd. Jany. 19th, 1789. by H. Humphrey, New Bond St."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.1061
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- caricature | caricatures | satire
- Access:
- Accessible in the Study Room [Request]
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:41883
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