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  • Three women in a gin shop divert the landlady's attention while a match boy steals her money. Mezzotint, c. 1765.
  • A woman surgeon and her assistant cupping a patient. Oil painting after Cornelis Dusart.
  • A tea plantation in China: workers roll the caper tea into balls. Coloured lithograph.
  • Nine scenes showing tea cultivation and preparation on an Indian plantation. Engraving by T. Brown, c. 1850, after J. L. Williams.
  • Agriculture: a Chinese rice plantation, with workers transplanting the rice. Engraving by T.A. Prior, c. 1840, after T. Allom.
  • A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.
  • A woman surgeon and her assistant cupping a patient. Etching by C. Dusart, 1695.
  • Four figures of British medicine panniers illustrating a range of types and uses. Wood engraving by T. Mallet.
  • A woman surgeon and her assistant cupping a patient. Oil painting after Cornelis Dusart.
  • A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.
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Works

  • view Agriculture: a Chinese rice plantation, with workers transplanting the rice. Engraving by T.A. Prior, c. 1840, after T. Allom.
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    Agriculture: a Chinese rice plantation, with workers transplanting the rice. Engraving by T.A. Prior, c. 1840, after T. Allom.

    Allom, Thomas, 1804-1872 | Date: 1840 | Reference: 496607i
  • view A tea plantation in China: workers trimming the tea leaves. Gouache painting with oxidization.
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    A tea plantation in China: workers trimming the tea leaves. Gouache painting with oxidization.

    | Reference: 25243i
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    A young African woman, standing with a large basket on her head, near a hut made of corrugated iron.

    | Date: [approximately 1900] | Reference: 537263i
    Part of: The Fallaize Collection.
  • view A tea plantation in China with workers rolling and sifting tea leaves. Gouache painting with oxidization.
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    A tea plantation in China with workers rolling and sifting tea leaves. Gouache painting with oxidization.

    | Reference: 25242i
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    An African woman, with a large basket on her head, beside a wooden fence.

    | Date: [approximately 1900] | Reference: 537262i
    Part of: The Fallaize Collection.
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