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| Keywords: A Peep at the Gas Lights in Pall Mall Rowlandson 1809.jpg 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 Dialogue in caricature ;Well-informed gentleman 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 ;Irishman 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 ;Rustic bumpkin Wauns what a main pretty light it be we have nothing like it in our Country ;Quaker Aye Friend but it is all Vanity what is this to the Inward Light ;Shady Female If this light is not put a stop to -- we must give up our business We may as well shut up shop ;Shady Male True my dear not a dark corner to be got for love or money This is a retouched version of raw scan image Image A_Peep_at_the_Gas_Lights_in_Pall_Mall png 1809 Engraved by Rowlandson 1809 after a drawing by Woodward Creator Thomas Rowlandson PD-100 DEFAULTSORT 1809; A peep at the gas light 19th-century caricatures Lanterns in art Street lights in art Gas lighting 1809 in England 1809 cartoons Engravings by Thomas Rowlandson George Moutard Woodward | ||||
