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A woman sitting in a chair making gestures of pain while a hair-dresser combs her back hair and a maidservant combs a tress pulled forward over her face: in the left background a man having his hair combed, he too looks pained. Coloured etching after T. Rowlandson, 1807.

People making tar in the forests of Sweden. Etching after E. D. Clarke.

'Smokey Sue Smokes for Two', health education doll, England,

An authentick narrative of the success of tar-water, in curing a great number and variety of distempers, with remarks, and occasional papers relative to the subject. ... By Thomas Prior, Esq;

An authentic narrative of the success of tar-water, in curing a great number and variety of distempers; with remarks, and occasional papers relative to the subject. To which are subjoined, two letters from the author of Siris, shewing the medicinal properties of tar-water, and the best manner of making it. By Thomas Prior, Esq;

An authentic narrative of the success of tar-water, in curing a great number and variety of distempers; with remarks, and occasional papers relative to the subject. ... By Thomas Prior, Esq;

Specification of Thomas Oram : manufacture of fuel.

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'Smokey Sue Smokes for Two', health education doll, England,

An authentick narrative of the success of tar-water, in curing a great number and variety of distempers, with remarks, and occasional papers relative to the subject. ... By Thomas Prior, Esq;

An authentic narrative of the success of tar-water, in curing a great number and variety of distempers; with remarks, and occasional papers relative to the subject. ... By Thomas Prior, Esq;

Specification of Thomas Oram : manufacture of fuel.