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New York State Soldiers' Depot, New York City: wash and bath room. Colour lithograph, 1864.

Street vendors on the Seine in Paris: a pet-groomer, a shoe shiner, and a bookstall. Coloured lithograph, 183-.

The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam] at Moorfields, London: seen from the north, with people in the foreground. Engraving, c. 1764.

Old Boots, an eccentric shoe shiner. Engraving after T. Grin.

Old Boots, an eccentric shoe shiner. Line engraving by J. Strange, 1793, after T. Grin.

Old Boots, an eccentric shoe shiner. Engraving by R. Cooper, 1821.

The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam] at Moorfields, London: seen from the north, with people in the foreground. Coloured engraving, ca. 1750.

A soldier stands on a wall as a man cleans his boots. Coloured etching.

The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam] at Moorfields, London: seen from the north, with people in the foreground. Coloured engraving, c. 1771.

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Old Boots, an eccentric shoe shiner. Engraving after T. Grin.

The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam] at Moorfields, London: seen from the north, with people in the foreground. Engraving, c. 1764.

Old Boots, an eccentric shoe shiner. Line engraving by J. Strange, 1793, after T. Grin.

The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam] at Moorfields, London: seen from the north, with people in the foreground. Coloured engraving, c. 1771.

New York State Soldiers' Depot, New York City: wash and bath room. Colour lithograph, 1864.