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An insane man (Tom Rakewell) sits on the floor manically grasping at his head, while two attendants manacle his legs: his lover, Sarah Young, cries in distress, they are surrounded by lunatics at Bethlem hospital, London. Engraving by H. Fernell after W. Hogarth, 1735.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.Date: [ca, 1840?]Reference: 20044i- Ephemera
Isaac Day laceman at the Peacock & Turks ... Covent Garden : maketh and selleth all sorts of gold and silver laces and trimings, made in the same manner as the French laces, & will keep their colour as long.
Date: [between 1750 and 1850?]
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The shop of a tooth-drawer, barber, apothecary and blood-letter called "Dickey Gossip", with a song about him. Process print, 1931, after an etching, 1795.
Date: 8 August 1931Reference: 16806i
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A group of dandified tailors attending a lecture, given by a grotesquely fashionable tailor, on "anatomical cutting". Coloured etching by R. Seymour after himself, 1829.
Seymour, Robert, 1798-1836.Date: 1829Reference: 525732i
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A tailor riding on the back of a goose; representing an exploited worker. Etching after W.H.Bunbury.
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811.Date: [1780?]Reference: 29999i