A Broil.
London Published by G.Humphrey 27 St James's Street June 1822.
Hand coloured etching, in title area on right in ink T.A. from A.W. 1822; 300 x 230mm (11¾ x 9") with large margins. Some creasing.
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). See also 56450.
BM Satires: 14451.
[Ref: 56449] £230.00
Hand coloured etching, in title area on right in ink T.A. from A.W. 1822; 300 x 230mm (11¾ x 9") with large margins. Some creasing.
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). See also 56450.
BM Satires: 14451.
[Ref: 56449] £230.00