The friend of humanity and the knife-grinder scene: the Borough, in imitation of Mr. Southey's Sapphics. [graphic]Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker[4 December 1797]eng"Tierney (not caricatured) stands directed to the right, with left hand raised in reproof to the knife-grinder (right), who pushes his barrow with a shuffling gait. The latter's hat, coat, and breeches are torn and he has a fixed, insinuating grin. Behind him is the door of an alehouse, the sign of the Chequers hanging from a beam inscribed 'Best Brown Stout'. On the lintel is 'Dealer in Brandy Rum & Gin'. Tierney has short hair, wears a round hat, double-breasted coat, and half-boots, and holds a stick. Behind him a street recedes diagonally to the right, the nearest house inscribed 'Tierney & Liberty'. In front of this is a coach with an earl's coronet, and two footmen standing behind; a horseman advances towards it from the right. Beneath the title is etched in two columns the well-known parody of Southey by Frere and Canning published in the second number of the 'Anti-Jacobin' (27 Nov.). ..."--British Museum online catalogueTitle etched below image.Attributed to Gillray, after Sneyd. See British Museum catalogue.Explanation added after the title: Vide Anti-Jacobin, p. 15.Two columns of verse below title: Friend of Humy.: "Needy knife-grinder! Whither are you going? Rough is the road, your wheel is out of order ..."To the left of the verse, etched vertically: To the independent electors of the Borough of Southwark this print is most respectfully dedicated.Sheet trimmed within plate mark.Temporary local subject terms: Literature: Quotation from Anti-Jacobin, No. 2, Nov. 27, 1797, p. 15 -- Allusion to Robert Southey's Sapphics -- Allusion to Thomas Paine's The Rights of Man -- Slogans: Tierney & Liberty -- Trades: knife-grinders -- Kknife-grinder's wheelbarrow -- Allusion to Southwark's independent electors -- Vehicles: coaches -- Footmen -- Southwark -- Alehouses -- Signs: chequerboard sign -- Street scenes.1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 36.6 x 25.6 cm, on sheet 40.1 x 29.6 cm.Watermark: J. Whatman.Mounted on leaf 29 of volume 4 of 12.