The March of Morality

1827–29

Not on view

This satire, set outside Thomas McLean's London printshop, shows a beadle dressed in a braid trimmed hat and greatcoat. Flourishing a cane, he walks along a sidewalk followed by two women who wear very large hats and low cut dresses. Three ragged salesmen hastily drape nude statues while the shop window behind displays colored caricatures of nudes including the Hottentot Venus and Achilles in Hyde Park. At right signs are lettered "Coffee Shop Beds," "Religious Tract Society / Cant" and "Dr. Eady / Church St Sch." and "Just published by Stockdale, St. James's Square"

Artwork Details

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Provenance

Title: The March of Morality
Artist: William Heath ('Paul Pry') (British, Northumbria 1794/95–1840 Hampstead)
Publisher: Thomas McLean (British, 1788–1875)
Date: 1827–29
Medium: Hand-colored etching
Dimensions: Sheet: 8 7/16 × 12 15/16 in. (21.5 × 32.8 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1971
Object Number: 1971.564.127
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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