Terms and conditions of use
Town
(c. 1820s)
Medium
hand-coloured etching and aquatint
Measurements
16.1 × 22.4 cm (image) 19.0 × 24.5 cm (sheet, trimmed within platemark)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1930
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
England
Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: D.T.Egerton Esq.Del.
printed in ink u.c.: TOWN.
printed in ink u.r.: PL. 12.
printed in ink l.l.-l.r.: In town your nocturnal rambles if leſs pleasing may be more diversified for there whilst pausing at your own door / to relieve a suffering Fair one you may find others active in administering to their own neceſsities at your expense.
Accession Number
4406-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Subjects (general)
Cityscapes Humour and Satire Relationships and Interactions
Subjects (specific)
beggars cartoons (humorous images) cities crime (social issue) gentlemen pickpocketing street scenes thieves
Movements
Regency (British)