Lettered inside image, upper left: "Valiant Townsend"; lettered below image, lower center: "Pubd. July 1788. by H. Humphrey New Bond Street | The BATTLE of BOW-STREET."; lower left: "When Sampson as Justice by Soldiers defended, | Went to quell wicked Whigs who've mild peace oft' offended, | Bold Brindsley seiz'd on him, & swore he'd well shake him, | Crying, Justice ne'er did, nor e'er should overtake him, | Bow, wow, wow"; lower right: "Sampson down on his knees like a Saint at devotion, | Drops his Jaw Bone, while F-x seconds Brundley's mad - mation | The Guards do their duty, prick Charles he beseeches | And alar,'d, then let's fly thro' his sad sattin Breeches | Bow wow [wow]"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection