Fielding's myrmidons spoiling Bob Booty's morning draught, 1781

Three bow street officers burst open the door (right) of a room where three persons are sitting up in bed, much alarmed at their entry. The highwayman or burglar in the centre, wearing a night-cap, spills the contents of a punch-bowl held in his left hand; over his arm is a netted purse containing coins. The two girls wear mob-caps, one (right) seizes the man's arm in terror, the other (left) takes up one of a pair of pistols lying by the bed (right). On the ground lie top-boots, a mask, &c, the man's coat lies across the foot of the bed, on it is a bank-note. The constables are forcing backwards furniture with which the door had been barricaded; a chair, placed on a table, is falling over. On the wall is a framed print of jack sheppard, shackled and sitting on the ground in prison. The foremost bow street officer, wearing a striped waistcoat, has a sword under his arm; behind him are two men with constable's staves. 1 may 1781 mezzotint. Date: 1781. Dimensions: Height: 257 mm; Width: 352 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Sir John Fielding. Collection: British Museum.