A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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The Midnight Magistrate, or the Humours of a Watch House.
Heemskirke delin.t. & pinx.t. W. Tringham sculpt.
[n.d., c.1754]
Engraving. Sheet: 350 x 260mm (14 x 10"), with 18th century watermark. Trimmed around title. Publication trimmed. Repaired tear in lower edge of image.
A satirical scene of the interior of a watchhouse, with monkey watchmen bringing a cat couple they have arrested before a constable behaving like a magistrate, watched by an owl on the door. A satire on "hireling constables", hired replacements for parishioners who were bound to serve annually without pay
[Ref: 33123] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Heemskirke delin.t. & pinx.t. W. Tringham sculpt.
[n.d., c.1754]
Engraving. Sheet: 350 x 260mm (14 x 10"), with 18th century watermark. Trimmed around title. Publication trimmed. Repaired tear in lower edge of image.
A satirical scene of the interior of a watchhouse, with monkey watchmen bringing a cat couple they have arrested before a constable behaving like a magistrate, watched by an owl on the door. A satire on "hireling constables", hired replacements for parishioners who were bound to serve annually without pay
[Ref: 33123] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)