The art of walking the streets of London. Plate 2nd [graphic] / G. Woodward invt. ; G. Cruikshank fect.

[London] : By Thos. Tegg, 111 Cheapside [1818]

1 print : etching ; plate mark 25.2 x 34.8 cm, on sheet 27 x 38 cm

wove paper

Bound in the set of five volumes, formerly owned by Henry Arthur Johnstone. Binding: red morocco with his initials stamped in gold on the front cover in a shield with crossed swords and three floral stamps above and one below; also four floral stamps on spine with volume number and spine title in gold: The caricature magazine. Leather endpapers with his ex libris blind stamped on front flyleaf -- a boat with large sail, with a cutout in the shape of the sun in upper left.

"Four designs on one plate [1] 'How to stop up the Passage--' Five men, one in dandy costume with trousers gathered at the ankle, stand in a close group on the pavement, laughing slyly. A porter (left) carrying a burden on his knot, and a woman (right) carrying milk-pails on a yoke who has just come from the arched doorway of a milk-cellar both yell at the obstructionists without attracting attention. Behind the latter is a window with 'B. Block' above it. [2] 'How to make the most of the Mud--' A stout pugnacious-looking man aggressively stamps on a loose paving-stone and a fountain of mud splashes a fat woman from head to foot. From his other foot a black stream squirts against a dandy. In the background (right) scavengers are flinging mud from the cobbled street into a cart, splashing a lady. [3] 'How to carry a Stick--' A pedestrian walks along intently reading a book, the words 'T. Tegg Cheapside' being just legible at the foot of the page. Under his arm is a long stick held horizontally; it is about to ram the face of a fat dismayed parson. Another man accosts a woman, showing her a letter, his stick held between his knees. Cf. British Museum Satires No. 8931. [4] 'How to get into the Watch-House--' A tipsy blood attacks a watchman with a bludgeon, while a second watchman whose lantern has been broken tackles a second blood, who staggers in drunken helplessness. The first watchman springs his rattle, and two more hobble to his help. Behind the foreground figures are a shuttered shop-front and an empty watch-box."--British Museum online catalogue.

English

March 22, 2010

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 9, no. 13050