Satire: a standing Quaker wearing large gloves and holding a stick. The figure is taken, in reverse, from that in the lower right hand corner of BM Satires 4794. Etching
To mark April Fool’s Day, we’re not going to spin a yarn about Quakers and kilts or how George Fox invented porridge while in jail. Instead, here’s part of the true tale of an 18th century joke boo…