A companion print to British Museum satire no. 6878: The country justice. Inside a watch-house, a burly watchman stands (left) facing an elderly constable who sits frowning in his arm-chair. He holds out a broken lantern and points to a thin, fashiona...
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Title engraved below image.
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Published Sepr. 8th by S.W. Fores at the Caracature [sic] Warehouse, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Topic):
Law enforcement, Police, Clerks, Dogs, Fireplaces, Inkstands, Lanterns, Rifles, Soldiers, British, Watchmen, and Writing materials
"Vignette with Calypso leaning against a rock, her arms thrown out at the sight of Telemachus at left, who mirrors her gesture, nymphs resting at right, one holding a harp, others in the distance on the hill behind, a boat on the water at left."--Brit...
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Title etched below image.
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Published 1st December 1811 by S. & J. Fuller, at the Temple of Fancy, Rathbone Place
A ticket issued by the Concert of Antient Music in 1812, for an event held at the Hanover Square Rooms in London. In the center, a bust in profile looking left, within oval lettered 'New Rooms Hanover Square, The Concert of Antient Music' and surmount...
Satirical portrait of Adoniram Byfield, with the Devil at his shoulder blowing at a child's toy windmill fixed on Byfield's hat; the vanes are labelled "Hypocrisy", "Lust", "Pride" and "Covetousness". Lettered with speech ribbons: the Devil saying, "H...
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Title from caption below image.
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Published by Charles & Henry Baldwyn, Newgate Street
"Portrait of Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, three-quarter length, standing slightly to right, his right hand on his hip, holding hat and walking stick in his left hand; wearing braded coat, waistcoat, neckerchief and frill; curtain and colum...
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Title etched below image.
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Published February 1st, 1819, by T. & H. Rodd, 17, Little Newport St., Leicester Sq.
"A tinker standing in a street, holding baskets of goods on both arms, hands clasped in front of him, looking to left, wearing rags and a battered broad-brimmed hat, with a street lamp above and a woman in a doorway in the background to right."--Briti...
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Title from caption below image.
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Published by J. Robins & Co., Albion Press, London
