"Design in two compartments; the left-hand side, a judge declaiming with eyes directed upwards, while another seated beneath his gaze, in the foreground r, exchanges money with a desperate-looking man; the right-hand side, a night-watchman armed with truncheon and rattle, oblivious to two men putting a ladder to a window at left, and an officer embracing a young woman in a sentry-box to right."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Described in Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 328 with the additional subtitles 'A court of justice - a watchman', and dated 15 June 1796., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Title etched below image., and Two designs on one plate.
Subject (Name):
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
A pretty young woman sits at a table opposite a fat, older man, asleep with his glasses pushed on his forehead. The sit before a fire in a bedroom with a canope over the bed or couch (left), a guitar leaning against it. Two other pretty young woman enter through the door. A bird in a cage hangs from the ceiling; a dog yawns at the feet of the seated woman. A book lies open on the table along with a carafe of wine. The couple both hold wine glasses.
Description:
Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Companion print to: A silly., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Title etched below image.
Subject (Name):
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Subject (Topic):
Bedrooms. , Birdcages., Dogs., Fireplaces., Guitars., Sleeping. , Women., and Young adults.