"A London Nuisance"
Record No
20403
Title
"A London Nuisance"
Description
'One of the advantages of oil over gas', plate III of "A London Nuisance"; a lamplighter is mounted on a ladder, engaged in filling a lamp with oil; momentarily distracted, he pours the oil over a passing citizen.
Date of execution
1821
Section
London Metropolitan Archives
Collection
Satirical Print Collection
Artist
Dighton, Richard (1795-1880)
Engraver
Dighton, Richard (1795-1880)
Publisher
McLean, Thomas (1788-1875)
Notes
One of a set of six etchings, see Record No: 20399-20404.
Medium
etching
Support
paper
Longest dimension
28cms
Shortest dimension
22cms
Picture type
satire
Catalogue No
p5432425
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