Sujet

Night watchman, (late 18th century?). Artist: Thomas Rowlandson

Légende

Night watchman, (late 18th century?). A scruffy-looking man yawns as he patrols the streets with a lantern and cudgel. In the background two burglars are brazenly going about their business in an illustration of the inefficiency of parish law enforcement during the 18th century.
Museum of London

Date

1780

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Museum of London

Notre référence

HRM19A83_132

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,5Mo (3,6Mo) / 29,6cm x 42,7cm / 3500 x 5039 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Londres personnes gens le travail homme hommes nuit loi type crime metier vetements arme armes couleur baillement eclairage fatigue robe guerre lampe lanterne profession manteau echelle criminel concept cambriolage voleur scruffy application de loi heure cambrioleur inefficace inefficacite inutile guerre armements 18e siècle Dix-huitième siècle Museum of London caricature aquarelle Thomas Rowlandson Rowlandson Thomas aquarelle caricature