File:The Guards of the Night Defeated (BM 1860,0623.1).jpg
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[edit]The Guards of the Night Defeated ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Print made by: James Caldwall
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Title |
The Guards of the Night Defeated |
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Description |
English: Satire on nightwatchmen defeated by prostitutes: a group of prostitutes repulse the entry of six nightwatchmen into the brothel or tavern where they are entertaining two men. In the centre, a young woman with an elaborate hair style dominates the scene, standing over a fallen watchman and brandishing the pole with his lantern; on the left, a sword is offered to a drowsy young man by a woman while her companion raises a three-legged stool above her head; on the right, four watchmen are crowded in the doorway, one holding his pole protectively across a plump man seated at the table spilling his tankard of beer and dropping his pipe; another watchman, who has already received a blow to his head, cowers behind the open door. 12 July 1774
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Date |
1774 date QS:P571,+1774-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium | paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q6373 |
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Accession number |
1860,0623.1 |
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Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1860-0623-1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Permission (Reusing this file) |
© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 |
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Horizontal resolution | 300 dpi |
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Image width | 4,080 px |
Image height | 3,021 px |
Color space | sRGB |
Software used | Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 (20060914.r.77) Windows |
Date and time of digitizing | 10:25, 4 February 2008 |
File change date and time | 10:28, 4 February 2008 |
Date metadata was last modified | 10:28, 4 February 2008 |