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Watchmen

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  • A baby has been left outside the town-house of an old bachelor, and a young woman watches from the corner of the street. Engraving, 1794.
  • The refurbishment (or building) of a Lock Hospital; men with various ailments are stepping out of Pandora's box; a rich, smiling, doctor drives by in a carriage. Coloured etching by T. Williamson, 1802.
  • Boer War: hospital picket on the guard at night. Reproduction of a watercolour.
  • Robert Peel as a pugilist attacking night watchmen with the intention of replacing them by the police force. Etching by Paul Pry (W. Heath).
  • William Anthony, the last of the London night watchmen. Reproduction of wood engraving.
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    Boer War: hospital picket on the guard at night. Reproduction of a watercolour.

    | Reference: 22295i
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    William Anthony, the last of the London night watchmen. Reproduction of wood engraving.

    | Reference: 134i
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    Robert Peel as a pugilist attacking night watchmen with the intention of replacing them by the police force. Etching by Paul Pry (W. Heath).

    Heath, William, 1795-1840. | Date: May 26 1829 | Reference: 31630i
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    A baby has been left outside the town-house of an old bachelor, and a young woman watches from the corner of the street. Engraving, 1794.

    | Date: 12th May 1794 | Reference: 27640i
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    The refurbishment (or building) of a Lock Hospital; men with various ailments are stepping out of Pandora's box; a rich, smiling, doctor drives by in a carriage. Coloured etching by T. Williamson, 1802.

    Williamson, Thomas, active approximately 1801 - approximately 1825. | Date: 1 July 1802 | Reference: 35154i
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