Procession from Bow Street to Bridewell

细节

Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827)
Procession from Bow Street to Bridewell
inscribed 'Procession from Bow Street to Bridewell' (lower left)
pen and grey and brown ink and watercolour
6 7/8 x 12¼ in. (17.5 x 31 cm.)

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拍品专文

The court house at Bow Street was founded in 1840 by Sir Thomas de Veil. Ten years later, under the leadership of Henry Fielding, the original eight Bow Street Runners became London's first band on constables.

This present watercolour depicts the procession of convicts leaving from Bow Street and being led to the Bridewell debtors prison, which was at that time located in Bride Lane.