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A bond and judgement
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A bond and judgement |
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Description |
English: Sir John Fielding conducting an examination at Bow Street. On the left. sits Fielding on the bench, which is raised and divided from the room by a low partition. He wears a hat and, according to his custom, has a bandage across his eyes. Over his head hangs a pair of equally balanced scales, emblem of Justice. Behind Sir John and standing on his right. is a man wearing a medallion inscribed "G.R." On Fielding's l. sits an interested spectator, holding his hat and cane. On the opposite side of the room (r.), behind the bar and standing on a raised platform, are two wretched-looking prisoners, their legs shackled. Behind them (r.) a constable, or perhaps a third prisoner, is partly visible. In front of Fielding sits a clerk writing at a small table; either he or the man standing behind Sir John must be Bond. A man stands beside him, holding up in his right. hand two pistols, with his left. he points to the prisoners. On the floor are house-breaking tools: a pick or hammer, a club, and a bunch of keys. Behind him stands a woman with a ragged apron, holding a handkerchief to her face, which is concealed by her hat. Next her stands a man with a patch over one eye; a third man reads a book, perhaps administering an oath to one of the other two who are probably witnesses. Behind them, at right angles to the bench, is a crowd of spectators divided from the room by a barrier. 20 February 1779
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Depicted people | Representation of: Sir John Fielding | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
1779 date QS:P571,+1779-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q6373 |
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Prints and Drawings |
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Accession number |
1868,0808.4587 |
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Notes |
(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', V, 1935) Fielding's examinations at Bow Street were one of the sights of the town. Cf. Somerville, 'My Own Life and Times'. For Bond see BMSat 6120. |
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Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-4587 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Permission (Reusing this file) |
© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 |
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