The Parish Beadle is an 1823 genre painting by the Scottish artist David Wilkie.

[2] It depicts a comically overzealous parish beadle taking a troupe of travelling Savoyard entertainers into custody for vagrancy.

Wilkie took great care to make sure that the various figures and costumes were correct.

[6] A later portrait of Colbourne by John Partridge features Wilkie's painting in the background.

The Tory politician Robert Peel, a reforming home secretary and future prime minister, was impressed by the painting but was unable to acquire it.