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Disappointment

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  • A girl looking through a window on a rainy day, disappointed that her walk outside will be cancelled. Photoengraving, 1857, after S. Anderson.
  • Mrs Pottleton thinks her husband is going to give her a harmonium but he gives her a sewing machine instead. Wood engraving after C. Keene, 1869.
  • A woman doctor, perhaps a midwife, diagnosing pregnancy in a young woman: her dismayed parents are in the background. Mezzotint, 1778.
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    A girl looking through a window on a rainy day, disappointed that her walk outside will be cancelled. Photoengraving, 1857, after S. Anderson.

    Anderson, Sophie, 1823-1903 | Date: March 1857 | Reference: 672765i
    Part of: "Photographic art treasures"
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    A woman doctor, perhaps a midwife, diagnosing pregnancy in a young woman: her dismayed parents are in the background. Mezzotint, 1778.

    | Date: As the Act directs 10 August 1778 | Reference: 21773i
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    Mrs Pottleton thinks her husband is going to give her a harmonium but he gives her a sewing machine instead. Wood engraving after C. Keene, 1869.

    Keene, Charles, 1823-1891. | Date: [1869] | Reference: 35340i
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    'Chimpanzee disappointed and sulky : Drawn from life by Mr. Wood.' : From The expression of the emotions in man and animals by Charles Darwin, 1872 / Wellcome Library, Wellcome Collection.

    | Date: 2009
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    William Pitt sits at a table holding a letter from King George III in one hand and leaning with his elbow on a pile of papers. Etching, 1757.

    | Date: 1757 | Reference: 584085i
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