A woman is turning a wheel which is tightening the string around a girl's waist in order to make it smaller. Coloured etching by W. Heath, ca. 1830.

  • Heath, William, 1795-1840.
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A woman is turning a wheel which is tightening the string around a girl's waist in order to make it smaller. Coloured etching by W. Heath, ca. 1830. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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London (26 Haymarket where Political and other caricatures are daily Pub) : Thos. McLean

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1 print : etching, with watercolour ; image 24 x 36 cm

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A correct view of the new machine for winding up the ladies.

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Wellcome Collection 35499i

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