Bow Street officers Daniel Bishop, James Smith and George Ruthven arresting thieves, Family Men gang members, pimps and prostitutes at the Finish coffee house, Covent Garden. A thief is about to throw a list of stolen property into the fire. Family Men at Fault, or an unexpected visit from the Bishop and his Chaplains. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Robert Cruikshank from The English Spy, London, 1825. Written by Bernard Blackmantle, a pseudonym for Charles Molloy Westmacott.

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