Sujet

Smoak Jack the alarmist, extinguishing the second Great Fire of London (a la Gulliver)!!!', 1819. Artist: Anon

Légende

'Smoak Jack the alarmist, extinguishing the second Great Fire of London (a la Gulliver)!!!', 1819. Alderman Atkins stands on balcony of Mansion House directing a jet of water on little Jacobins below who have set fire to London. He was Lord Mayor of London in 1818.

Date

1819

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/City of London : The London Archives

Notre référence

HRM19A99_061

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

18,9Mo (1,2Mo) / 25,9cm x 18,3cm / 3057 x 2158 (300dpi)

Mots clés

water London England people male man men politics country law guy costume crime burning fire flame flames clothes British English color colour robes robe dress hose location century Britain gown firefighting extinguishing arson cartoon arsonist 19th century nineteenth century Guildhall Library & Art Gallery ablaze alderman Alderman of London Lord Mayor of London TGN John Atkins dousing etching caricature satire Anon Anonymous John George Cruikshank;Cruikshank George Atkins