The midnight magistrate, or, The humours of a watch house [graphic]

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Title: The midnight magistrate, or, The humours of a watch house [graphic]
Alternative Title: Humours of a watch house
Creator: Tringham, William, active 1734-1791, printmaker
Contributor: Heemskerck, Egbert van, 1634 or 1635-1704, artist.
Tringham, William, active 1734-1791, publisher.
Published / Created: [24 December 1734]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd according to act of Parliament, Decemr. 24th 1734, by W. Tringham, the corner of the West Passage of the Royal Exchange in Castle Alley, London
Description: Title from item.
Twelve lines of verse in three columns below image: Behold the monkey magistrate in state, With puss before him waiting for her fate ...
Later state, with the decade in publication date altered from '5' to '3.' Cf. No. 3275 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3.
Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: watch house -- Lanterns -- Fireplaces with hood-like chimney -- Cat as a young woman -- Monkeys as humans -- Apes as constables -- Moonlight -- Magistrates -- Felt hats with feathers -- Constable's staff -- Flagons -- Candlesticks -- Tobacco pipes -- Watchmen.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, v. 1, p.1 ; May 1954 ;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 26.9 x 35.5 cm, on sheet 29 x 38 cm
Edition: [2nd state?].
Language: English

Access: Public
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