A Night Watchman, Illustration for "Königl: Grosbrit [anische] Genealogischer Kalender auf das 1780 Jahr Lauenberg bey J.G. Berenberg"
date: label: Date
content: 1779
name: label: Print Maker
content: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, German, 1726 - 1801
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Standing in a street that is lit by lanters, and calling the hour. The poem says that a man who, while smoking, set his house on fire is now a watchman, while another writes on economics when bankrupt.
place: label: made in
content: Germany
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1921-22-365
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Line and stipple engraving with etching on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 10.2 × 6.1 cm (4 in. × 2 3/8 in.)