A newsboy blowing his horn as he runs from left to right. His sheaf of papers is supported by a band over his left shoulder inscribed "Noon Gazett[e]"; the topmost paper has a list of the papers he sells: 'Morning Herald' [1st issue, 1 Nov. 1780], 'Morning Chronicle', 'Morning Post', 'Gazeteer', 'St. James Evening' [Post], 'Lloyds Evening' [Post], 'Public Ledger', 'Public Advertiser', 'Sunday Chronicle'. He holds a purse or wallet in his right hand. A street is indicated by a freely sketched house. Beneath the design is engraved:
<p><br><br>"All Englishmen delight in News
<br>In London there 's enough to chuse
<br>Of morning papers near a Ream 
<br>Fill'd with every kind of theme 
<br>At Noon there 's such a duced Clatter 
<br>Strangers must wonder what's the matter 
<br>And E'en that day the Lord hath blest 
<br>Is now no more a day of rest 
<br>Forth from the Press the Papers fly 
<br>Each greedy reader to supply 
<br>Of battles fought, and numbers slain, 
<br>Of Towns besieg'd and prisoners ta'en, 
<br>Engagements both by Sea and Land 
<br>Eccho from Aldgate to the Strand 
<br>Hail! happy land, sure none's so blest 
<br>With News to comfort every breast."  30 December 1780
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1780<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1780-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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