Attorney in General to the Parish

William Heath (Paul Pry)

Attorney in General to the Parish

London, T McLean, June 12^th 1829

Etching

Original hand colouring

360 x 260 mm

£180

Below the title: ‘The Scarlet Gentleman’. Scarlett, in wig and gown, stands in profile to the left, his right forefinger knowingly before his face, his eye a mere slit. His gown is looped over his left arm and he holds a bulky (blue) brief-bag. Above: ‘”To suck, to suck, the very blood to suck!’ [‘Henry V’, II. iii]. (He is identified with the horse-leech, symbol of the traditional rapacity of the lawyer.)