<p>"A Peep at the Gas-lights in Pall Mall", a humorous caricature of reactions to the installation of the new invention of gas-burning street lighting on Pall-Mall, London.
</p><p>Dialogue in caricature:
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<dl><dt>Well-informed gentleman</dt>
<dd>"The Coals being steam'd produces tar or paint for the outside of Houses -- the Smoke passing thro' water is deprived of substance and burns as you see."</dd>
<dt>Irishman</dt>
<dd>"Arragh honey, if this man bring fire thro water we shall soon have the Thames and the Liffey burnt down -- and all the pretty little herrings and whales burnt to cinders."</dd>
<dt>Rustic bumpkin</dt>
<dd>"Wauns, what a main pretty light it be: we have nothing like it in our Country."</dd>
<dt>Quaker</dt>
<dd>"Aye, Friend, but it is all Vanity: what is this to the Inward Light?"</dd>
<dt>Shady Female</dt>
<dd>"If this light is not put a stop to -- we must give up our business.  We may as well shut up shop."</dd>
<dt>Shady Male</dt>
<dd>"True, my dear: not a dark corner to be got for love or money."</dd></dl>
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Thomas_Rowlandson" class="extiw" title="w:en:Thomas Rowlandson"><span title="English artist and caricaturist (1757–1827)">Thomas Rowlandson</span></a>
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1809
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