Master Dogberry the parish watchman [graphic]

Description

Title: Master Dogberry the parish watchman [graphic]
Creator: Heath, William, 1795-1840
Contributor: McLean, T. publisher.
Published / Created: [12 June 1829]
Publication Place: London and England London
Publisher: Pub. Jun 12th 1829 by T. McLean 26 Haymarket sole publisher of P. Pry caricatures - none are original without McLeans name
Abstract: "Lord Eldon, dressed as a watchman, but with his own shoes and stockings, stands in profile to the right, stooping forward. In his right hand is a bludgeon, in the left he holds out a much-battered lantern, the candle broken and extinguished. His rattle hangs from his shoulders. Above: '"Mary, Sir, they have committed false report--moreover they have spoken unthruths'. Secondarily they are slanders, sixth and lastly, they have belied the Constitution [orig. "a lady"] thirdly they have verified unjust things: and to conclude they are--Lying Knaves--vide much ado about nothing--'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Series title etched above image.
Paul Pry is the pseudonym of William Heath.
Not in the Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum.
Provenance: Maggs Bros.; October 2024.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 37.2 x 26 cm, on sheet 42 x 30 cm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English