Is arrested going to court., William Hogarth, 1735

Copy of a scene in st james's street with tom at left emerging from a sedan-chair to be arrested for debt; figures in the foreground include a welshman, probably the creditor, honouring st david's day (march 1st) with a leek in his hat, sarah young dropping her seamstress's box as she offers a purse of money to reprieve her former lover, a lamp-lighter carelessly spilling oil on tom's head, and a shoe-black apparently taking advantage of the situation to take hold of tom's elegant walking stick; in the distance is the gate of st james's palace with a crowd of sedan-chairs approaching to celebrate the birthday of queen caroline; after hogarth. 1735 etching and engraving. Date: 1735. Dimensions: Height: 262 mm; Width: 308 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Is arrested going to court. (BM 1856,0712.35)