Saint Perceval as maw-worm / R.S. ; Welch.

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Robert Seymour
1798-1836
Saint Perceval as maw-worm / R.S. ; Welch.
[London] : [G. Cowie],
wood-engraving
3 1/8 x 2 1/4 in.
Peel 2214
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Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Notes: 

Probably detached from one of four issues of Whiggeries and waggeries, London : William Strange, 1834. This publication reprinted wood engravings by Robert Seymour, Robert Cruikshank, and others which had previously appeared-- often with different captions-- in Figaro in London, also published by Strange. The identical image appeared in Figaro in London, no. 33, 1832, with the same title.

Summary: 

Perceval, dressed like Liston in Maw-Worm, leans from a cask, shouting with upturned eyes at 'the mob' (not depicted), to recommend abstinence. Dangling from his cask are loaves and large fishes.

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