The March of Morality 1827–29 William Heath ('Paul Pry') 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
The March of Morality 1827–29 William Heath ('Paul Pry') 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". The March of Morality. William Heath ('Paul Pry') (British, Northumbria 1794/95–1840 Hampstead). 1827–29. Hand-colored etching. Thomas McLean (British, 1788–1875). Prints
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