The art of walking the streets of London. [graphic] / Plate 2nd

"Four designs on one plate [1] 'How to stop up the Passage--' Five men, one in dandy costume with trousers gathered at the ankle, stand in a close group on the pavement, laughing slyly. A porter (left) carrying a burden on his knot, and a woman (right) carrying milk-pails on a yoke who has just come from the arched doorway of a milk-cellar both yell at the obstructionists without attracting attention. Behind the latter is a window with 'B. Block' above it. [2] 'How to make the most of the Mud--' A stout pugnacious-looking man aggressively stamps on a loose paving-stone and a fountain of mud splashes a fat woman from head to foot. From his other foot a black stream squirts against a dandy. In the background (right) scavengers are flinging mud from the cobbled street into a cart, splashing a lady. [3] 'How to carry a Stick--' A pedestrian walks along intently reading a book, the words 'T. Tegg Cheapside' being just legible at the foot of the page. Under his arm is a long stick held horizontally; it is about to ram the face of a fat dismayed parson. Another man accosts a woman, showing her a letter, his stick held between his knees. Cf. British Museum Satires No. 8931. [4] 'How to get into the Watch-House--' A tipsy blood attacks a watchman with a bludgeon, while a second watchman whose lantern has been broken tackles a second blood, who staggers in drunken helplessness. The first watchman springs his rattle, and two more hobble to his help. Behind the foreground figures are a shuttered shop-front and an empty watch-box."--British Museum online catalogue