William Combe
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William Combe was a British miscellaneous writer. His early life was that of an adventurer; his later life was passed chiefly within the "rules" of the King's Bench Prison. He is most notable as the a
Portrait of William Combe drawn by George Dance (1793)
Dr Syntax, losing his way. Combe wrote verses to accompany Thomas Rowlandson's comic caricatures.
Dr Syntax in Danger, print after a drawing by Thomas Rowlandson
A Derby Porcelain figure of Dr Syntax in Derby Museum
King's Bench Prison
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The King's Bench Prison was a prison in Southwark, south London, England, from the Middle Ages until it closed in 1880. It took its name from the King's Bench court of law in which cases of defamation
William Combe
…June 1823) was a British miscellaneous writer. His early life was that of an adventurer; his later life was passed chiefly within the "rules" of the King's Bench Prison. He is most notable as the author of The Three Tours of Doctor Syntax, a comic poem, illustrated by artist Thomas Rowlandson's colour plates, that…
King's Bench Prison by Augustus Pugin and Thomas Rowlandson (1808–11)
The King's Bench Prison in 1830.
The Mock Election, an 1827 painting by Benjamin Robert Haydon. The artist himself spent several terms in the jail for debt.