PORTRAITS
of
CHILDREN OF THE MOBILITY
By Percival Leigh
Drawn From Nature By JOHN LEECH
1841
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CONTENTS
PLATE I. Miss Margaret Flinn, Master GregoryFlinn, Miss Katherine O'Shaughnessy, and Master Donovan
PLATE II. Master Jim Curtis, Master Mike Waters,and Master Bill Sims.
PLATE III. Master "Young Spicy," and Master"Tater Sam."
PLATE IV. The Family Of Mr. And Mrs. Blenkinsop
PLATE V. Master Charley Wheeler, Master MosesAbrahams, Master Ned
PLATE VI. Master Bob White and Master NickBaggs.
PLATE VIII. Master Tom Scales and Master BenPotts.
VIGNETTE ON THE TITLE-PAGE.
Armorial Bearings op the Mobility, viz:—
Quarterly,
1, Azure, a Tile dilapidated, or shocking bad Hat, Argent, banded Sable,for TAG.
2, Gules, between two Clays in saltire Argent, in base a Pot of Heavy,frothed of the second, for SWIPES.
3, Sable, & Bunch of Fives proper, for RAG.
4, Or, a Neddy Sable, passant, brayant, panniered proper, cabbaged andcarroted.
Gules, for BOBTAIL.
Motto.—Kim aup.
Crest.—On a wreath a Bull-dog's head guardant proper, issuant out ofa Butcher's tray, surmounted by & scroll with the motto BOW WOW.
CHILDREN OF THE MOBILITY
OF THE MOBILITY IN GENERAL
The Mobility are a variety of the human race, otherwise designated, inpolite society, as "The Lower Orders," "The Inferior Classes," "TheRabble," "The Populace,"
"The Vulgar," or "The Common Peopl