"The man walks (right to left) on a mountainous landscape carrying a musket, and with knapsack, sword, and sheathed bayonet. In the front of his cap is a red cross on a white ground (like that of the modern Red Cross), a similar but smaller cross is on his neat military tunic, which is blue with red facings. He wears trousers or pantaloons and buckled shoes. In a distant valley is a burning town or village."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Similar in design to prints in the series: Sketches of character,, and Watermark: Whatman.
Publisher:
Pub. May 8, 1823 by G. Humphrey 24 St. James's St. & 74 New Bond Street
"A night scene, with a full moon, outside the corner house of a London square, an equestrian statue among trees in the background. A young officer in dandified uniform kneels on the cobbled roadway, shouting up to the house Fire! Fire! Fire! A lady, in nightgown and cap, looks from a first-floor window, crying, Where! Where! Where! He answers, right hand on his heart: Here! Here! Here!!! The words are below the title"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Self introduction and declaration
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Three lines of underlined dialogue below title: Fire! Fire! Fire! Where! Where! Where! Here! Here! Here!!!
Publisher:
Pub. June 29, 1823 by G. Humphrey, 24 St. James's St. & 74 New Bond St.
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Topic):
Courtship, Row houses, Dandies, British, and Soldiers