Title

'The Coffee-house Politicians', 1772. Artist: Anon

Caption

'The Coffee-house Politicians', 1772. Interior view of a London coffee-house. Clients are absorbed in newspapers, in particular the London Gazette, and are engaged in conversation. A young woman stands in the bar at the back of the room.

Date

1772

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/London Metropolitan Archives

Reference

HRM19B00_216

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

18,5Mb (1,2Mb) / 6,8in x 10,5in / 2045 x 3154 (300dpi)

Keywords

standing London England female women woman people male interior indoors job man men country trade guy costume occupation reading talking British English dress table socialising location century customer Britain newspaper conversation profession inside chatting furniture lady georgian conversing B&W waitress cartoon coffee house MONOCHROME metaphor black & white black and white B W 18th century Eighteenth Century Guildhall Library & Art Gallery cafe society London Gazette TGN café society satire engraving Anon Anonymous