"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., and Not in the Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum.
Publisher:
Pub. Jun 12th 1829 by T. McLean 26 Haymarket sole publisher of P. Pry caricatures - none are original without McLeans name
"A group playing at cards interrupted by a beadle and watchmen to arrest them for playing past midnight."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate numbered in upper right corner: N. 16., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
"Peel kicks a lean old watchman behind, and drags from his shoulders his patched and tattered coat. Just behind him (right) is a big bonfire in which a watch-box and battered lanterns are blazing; beside it lie more lanterns, a rattle, and staves. In the background a watchman hangs by the neck from the branch of a tree, still holding rattle and lantern. Beside the tree is a pond from which projects an arm clutching a rattle. Peel says: '"But such a poor, bare-forked animal as thou art--Off--off you lendings: come unbutton here vide Shaks--' ["Lear", III. iv]. The terrified watchman answers: '"Nay, take my life and all, pardon not that: You take my house, when you do take the prop That doth sustain my house; you take my life, When you do take the means whereby I live, vide Shaks.' ["Merchant of Venice", IV. i]."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Michaelmas Day 1829, or, The last watchman and Last watchman
Description:
Title etched below image., Imprint continues: ... sole publisher of W. Heaths etching., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pub. Sep. 29th, 1829, by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket ...
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850
Subject (Topic):
Police, Watchmen, Bonfires, Drowning victims, Hangings (Executions), Kicking, and Lanterns
Title etched below image., "Dedicated to the vigilant constables of the night."--Following title., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Design consists of eight panels arranged in two horizontal rows, with lines of text etched in the top portion of each panel. In the upper left, an intoxicated woman in an arm chair, says "May we have in our arms what we love in our hearts. No tax upon gin! Here we go up, up, up, and there we go down, down, down!" The next shows a man prostrate on his back holding a lantern, with words above, "Bless me, is that the sun of the moon I see above there!" On the wall behind him a print with the title "The good woman" etched above the figure of a woman without a head. Third, a bare chested gravedigger looks up from his work in horror as a woman loses control of the pail of water on her head. Above them are the words, "Hollo! Damn your blood you old Faggot, where are you coming to?" The final panel in the top row shows an obese well-dressed woman vomiting, a bottle of "Comfort for the Cholick" in her left hand. The words etched above her head: "Too much of a good thing!". First on the left of the second row: a large, young woman with bare breasts and generally disheveled and quesy look on her face, walks on a cobblestone street; behind her in the distance a man shakes a cleaver in her direction. Above her the words, “I am a little sickish or so, but no matter, I've given Sal her gruel? She drink gin with me! Blast me she could as soon swallow the fat landlady!” The next panel shows a unconscious woman being carried on a man's back. The text above them reads, “She's got her quantum, by jingo, she smells as sweet as a daisy! But no matter, I'll get the blunt in the morning from her old goat of a keeper. 'Upon my conscience and soul he will have a precious bedfellow of her to night! In the third panel, bottom row, an old woman with spectacles bumps into a large rock, causing her to drop her bottle of gin and a bloody nose. Etched above her head are the words, “What's that for you sawcy reascal! Here, Watch! Watch! Watch! Lord a mercy upon me what a blow! My poor head spins like a top!” In the final panel, a military officer escorts a well-dressed young woman along a street as he brandishes a club. Above them is etched, "Stick, close, my dear, Charlotte. Hold up your head, my lily of the valley. I am as sober as a judge. Woman and wine for ever, damn me!”
Description:
Title from caption below images., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Watermark: Russell & Co. 1799., and Mounted on modern secondary support.
Publisher:
Pub. by Willm. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
Subject (Geographic):
St. Giles in the Fields (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Social conditions, Couples, Gin, Gravedigging, Intoxication, Spouses, and Watchmen
"A night scene, lit by a crescent moon. Men and women flee in abject terror from a menacing figure draped in a sheet, apparently on stilts, with glaring eyeballs, long beard, and talons on its outstretched hands. One of the fugitives is on a terrified horse, another is a watchman with lantern and rattle."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Possibly by Henry Heath; see British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Watermark: J. Whatman Turkey Mill.
"Fox, dressed as a watchman, stands full-face, his right hand grasping his staff (inscribed 'Uprightness'), his left on his hip. Over his head is the word 'Liberty'; his lantern stands on the ground beside him sending forth rays inscribed 'Truth'. His dog (left) is 'Vigilance'. Zigzag flashes of lightning among clouds, inscribed 'Ministerial Thunderbolts', threaten him from all sides. In the background (right) two sham watchmen are running off to the right holding staves and dark lanterns, which contrast with that of Fox, which sheds its rays in all directions. The foremost is Sir Cecil Wray in military uniform, saying, "For Chelsea Ho a"; the other wearing a hooded cloak over his naval uniform is Lord Hood saying, "For Greenwich Ho a". They are followed by two dogs. Beneath the design is etched, 'To the Independent Electors of Westminster This Print of their Staunch Old Watchman The Guardian of their Rights and Privileges is dedicated by a gratefull Elector.' This is followed by an engraved inscription: 'N.B. Beware of Counterfeits as the Greenwich and Chelsea Watchmen are upon the look out!"--British museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker and publication date from British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Below image: To the independent electors of Westminster this print of their staunch old watchman the guardian of their rights and privileges is dedicated by a gratefull elector ..., and Print from: The history of the Westminster election.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816, Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805, and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):
Elections, Hospitals, Dogs, Lanterns, Military uniforms, and Watchmen
"Fox, dressed as a watchman, stands full-face, his right hand grasping his staff (inscribed 'Uprightness'), his left on his hip. Over his head is the word 'Liberty'; his lantern stands on the ground beside him sending forth rays inscribed 'Truth'. His dog (left) is 'Vigilance'. Zigzag flashes of lightning among clouds, inscribed 'Ministerial Thunderbolts', threaten him from all sides. In the background (right) two sham watchmen are running off to the right holding staves and dark lanterns, which contrast with that of Fox, which sheds its rays in all directions. The foremost is Sir Cecil Wray in military uniform, saying, "For Chelsea Ho a"; the other wearing a hooded cloak over his naval uniform is Lord Hood saying, "For Greenwich Ho a". They are followed by two dogs."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image., Printmaker and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Dedication etched below image: To the independent electors of Westminster this print of their staunch old watchman the guardian of their rights and privileges is dedicated by a gratefull elector., Text at bottom of plate: NB. Beware of counterfeits as the Greenwich and Chelsea watchmen are upon the look out!, and Mounted to 30 x 40 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816, Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805, Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813., Great Britain. Parliament, 1783-1784., and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):
Elections, Hospitals, Dogs, Lanterns, Military uniforms, and Watchmen
Leaf 23. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Fox, dressed as a watchman, stands full-face, his right hand grasping his staff (inscribed 'Uprightness'), his left on his hip. Over his head is the word 'Liberty'; his lantern stands on the ground beside him sending forth rays inscribed 'Truth'. His dog (left) is 'Vigilance'. Zigzag flashes of lightning among clouds, inscribed 'Ministerial Thunderbolts', threaten him from all sides. In the background (right) two sham watchmen are running off to the right holding staves and dark lanterns, which contrast with that of Fox, which sheds its rays in all directions. The foremost is Sir Cecil Wray in military uniform, saying, "For Chelsea Ho a"; the other wearing a hooded cloak over his naval uniform is Lord Hood saying, "For Greenwich Ho a". They are followed by two dogs."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image., Attributed to Rowlandson in the British Museum catalogue., Restrike. For original issue of the plate, see no. 6525 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Plate originally published ca. 12 April 1784; see British Museum catalogue., Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, pages 126-7., and On leaf 23 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Field & Tuer
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816, Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805, Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813., Great Britain. Parliament, 1783-1784., and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):
Elections, Hospitals, Dogs, Lanterns, Military uniforms, and Watchmen
