The Guardian of the Night

S. W. Fores|Thomas Rowlandson

March 1823 · Aquatint · Drawings and Prints

The Guardian of the Night — S. W. Fores|Thomas Rowlandson

A watchman walks towards the left with a lantern and a club. A man and a woman kiss in a booth behind him at right, and two men climb into a second story window with a ladder behind him at left.

Artist
S. W. Fores|Thomas Rowlandson
Date
March 1823
Medium
Aquatint
Department
Drawings and Prints
Credit line
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959