The paviors joy [graphic]Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker, publisher[18 July 1792]eng"A hand-coloured print of a company of Paviors outside the Tun Tavern. The Paviors hold rammers resembling large bottles. A portly cleric walks over the paving with an air of solemnity during which the paviors all cheer. On the left stands a woman with a large basket on her head and another Pavior holds a cobble stone and a pick axe. Buildings and a church steeple stand in the background."--Royal Collection Trust online catalogue, RCIN 810446Title etched below image.Publisher and date of publication inferred from those of the companion print "The chairmen's terror," which bears the imprint "Publishd. July 18th, 1792, by T. Rowlandson, No. 52 Strand"; see Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 59.533.465. See also: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 308.Sheet trimmed within plate mark.Two lines of verse below title: When J-x walks the streets, the paviors cry, God bless you Sir, & lay their rammers by.Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.1 print : etching and aquatint with stipple ; sheet 24 x 29 cm.Printed on wove paper; hand-colored.Sheet trimmed within plate mark, irregular trimming around caption text.