A companion print to BMSat 6878. Design in a circle. The interior of a watch-house. A burly watchman stands (left) facing an elderly constable who sits frowning in his arm-chair. He holds out a broken lantern and points to a thin, fashionably dressed, and apparently drunken man who stands beside him with closed eyes, holding a large stick in his left hand. Next the constable is a clerk writing at a desk. The room is lit by a lantern slung from the roof. A map on the wall apparently represents the roads of the parish and the beats of the watchmen. A fire burns in a grate (right). Beneath the title is engraved:
<p><br><br>'Watchman. 
<br>This wicked dog did lift his hand, 
<br>First knocked me down, then bid me stand; 
<br>The peaceful neighbours he awoke, 
<br>And then the Knave my lanthorn broke, 
<br>At which the Villain loud did Laugh, 
<br>So down I knock'd him with my staff.
<br><br>Constable. 
<br>If so: - you Justice did yourself, 
<br>Therefore begone thou prating Elf.'  10 July 1785
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<br>Stipple engraving
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<p>Print made by: Richard Cooper II
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<dl><dd>After: George Moutard Woodward</dd>
<dd>Published by: George Moutard Woodward</dd></dl></div>
1785<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1785-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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