BM13272-smoak-jack-the-alarmist-1819-0517
identifier:
BM13272-smoak-jack-the-alarmist-1819-0517
title:
Smoak Jack the Alarmist, Extinguishing the Second Great Fire of London (a la Gulliver)!!
date:
October 12, 1819
description:
The Lord Mayor, wearing robes and a fool's cap, stands on a balcony of the Mansion House, with the long nozzle of a fire-hose held between his knees; he directs a jet of water on little Jacobins below, who are holding brands with which they have fired London. The City is on fire: flames pour from the dome of St. Paul's; the Monument burns like a gigantic torch, spires and roofs appear in gaps between the smoke and flame; the Tower of London blazes furiously. Atkins the Mayor stands to the left, his thin knees flexed, on a pile of books. All wear bonnets rouges, and have daggers; they flee in terror and confusion from the stream of falling water; one, probably Hunt, has a flag inscribed 'Universal Suffrage', surmounted by a cap of Liberty. Among them stands a huge bottle from which clouds of dark smoke ascend. Dialogue in speeh balloon over Atkins. Source: George.
description:
British Museum #13272
format:
26 cm x 36 cm
type:
Paper
type:
Etching, hand-colored
coverage:
London, England
relation:
LUCA2011.55 1819
subject:
John Atkins
subject:
George III, King of the United Kingdom
subject:
Henry "Orator" Hunt
subject:
Wat Tyler
subject:
William Walworth
subject:
Radicals
subject:
Satire
subject:
Great Britain
creator:
Cruikshank, George
relation:
Michalak Collection
source:
Loyola University Chicago Archives and Special Collections
