A one-legged beggar and former soldier approaches a wealthy clergyman for alms. Etching with engraving by John Collier, 1770.

[London] : [publisher not identified], May 1773.

1 print : etching, with engraving ; image 22.4 x 23.2 cm

The pluralist and old soldier. A soldier maim'd and in the beggar's list / Did thus address a well-fed pluralist. Sol. At Gaudalupe my leg and thigh I lost. / No pension have I, tho' its right I boast; / Your reverence please some charity bestow, / Heav'n will pay double --- when you are there- you know ... Tim Bobbin inv. pinx & sculp. 1770 Lettering continues over a further twenty-four lines with the dialogue Bears number top right : 39

Wellcome Collection 43852i