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A Broil.

A Broil.

London Published by G.Humphrey 27 St James's Street June 1822.
Hand coloured etching, 295 x 225mm (11½ x 9"). Trimmed close to plate. Stain to image upper left.
An affray between three fashionably dressed men and two watchmen with bludgeons in a street at night, under a full moon. The glass of a street-lamp above their heads has been cracked. One watchman has large letters on the back of his greatcoat: St J. W, showing that the parish is that of St. James's or St. John's, Westminster. One of a set of four prints with punning culinary titles by Theodore Lane (1800 - 1828).
BM Satires: 14451.
[Ref: 11530]  £220.00


 

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