John Michael Williams

John Michael Williams drew prints in mid-18th-century London, a trade tied to bookshops and print-sellers along Fleet Street. In 1749 he etched the H Beard Print Collection, a set of shop advertisements and satirical broadsides showing everything from wigs to wigs-of-the-week. These sheets were pasted in windows, handed out in taverns, and tucked inside pamphlets—cheap, disposable images meant to catch an eye and move on. Look for the same style on the next tile to spot more Fleet Street flyers and tavern talk turned into ink.