Portrait of Thomas Haselden (d.1740) gullibility Worcester and the river crossings

Worcester and the river crossings from the cathedral tower

Interior of the British Museum

The event is taken from St John's Gospel

and the print is a satire on the distress and financial failures of 1773-1774

Portrait of Thomas Haselden (d.1740) gullibility Worcester and the river crossingsHead and shoulders portrait, oval, Haselden wearing a shoulder length wig, with a loose gown over a buttoned coat or waistcoat and a white neck cloth. A coat of arms appears below the main image. Inscribed: 'Thomas Haselden, F. R. S, Head Master of the Royal Academy at Portsmouth. T Frye pinxt. 1735. J. Faber fecit, 1740.' In pencil lower left '1739'; lower right '2 6'. Thomas Haselden was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1739. Original: