869640 Jack Black, Her Majesty\'s Ratcatcher, c.1840 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: From \'London Labour and the London Poor\' by Henry Mayhew. Engraved illustration based on a daguerreotype by Richard Beard showing Jack Black the rat-catcher and mole destroyer from Battersea in his self-made "uniform" of scarlet topcoat, waistcoat, and breeches, with a huge leather sash inset with cast-iron rats. Black promoted himself as the Queen\'s official rat-catcher, but never held a royal warrant.); English, out of copyright.