Parish Characters in Ten Plates

26 Haymarket: T. McLean, 1829. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. PRY Paul [ie HEATH William]. Ten Hand Coloured PARISH CHARACTERS Satirical Prints Oblong folio, ten hand-coloured etched plates, plates numbered 1-4, [4, unnumbered], 6,7,8 10, and 11, plates dated June 12, 1829 (Plate 8 miss-dated June 12, 1826). Bound by J. Larkins in late nineteenth century half dark green morocco, ruled in gilt, over green marbled boards, russet morocco gilt lettering label on front cover, top edge gilt, green marbled endpapers, head and tail of spine expertly repaired, minimal rubbing to extremities of boards. (269*412 mm). The Characters include: 1. Mr George King - the Parish Overseer 2. Mr Primate - the Church Warden 3. Dusty Bob - the Parish Dustman 4. Master Fang the Parish Beadle. Attorney in General to the Parish 6. Master Dogberry the Parish Watchman 7. One of the Select Vestry 8. Leo Sacks - One Of The Charity Crab's 10. One of the Poor employed to mend the High Ways 11. Caleb Quotem the Parish Factotum Near Fine. Heath was a British artist who once described himself as a portrait & military painter. He was best known for his published engravings which included caricatures, political cartoons, and commentary on contemporary life. His early works often dealt with military scenes, including colour plates for The Martial Achievements, The Wars of Wellington, etc.[4], but from about 1820 on he focused on satire. Between 1827 and 1829, many of his works were published under the pseudonym Paul Pry (the name of an overly inquisitive stage character in a popular 1825 stage comedy by John Poole; also used the pseudonym Argus. He was described by Dr John Brown, biographer of John Leech as poor Heath, the ex-Captain of Dragoons, facile and profuse, unscrupulous and clever. See WIKI