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  • "Ivy Leaf" cures corns : speedily removes obstinate corns without pain : its use ensures a speedy cure, a certain cure, a painless cure : takes up no room in the boot : it is a great boon to ladies & gentlemen / T. Bentley.
  • "Ivy Leaf" cures corns : speedily removes obstinate corns without pain : its use ensures a speedy cure, a certain cure, a painless cure : takes up no room in the boot : it is a great boon to ladies & gentlemen / T. Bentley.
  • 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.
  • A young woman smoking, with silver coins representing the expense of buying cigarettes. Colour lithograph after Reginald Mount, October 1965.
  • A barber in Rouen dressing a man's hair. Coloured engraving by G.R. Lewis after himself.
  • Compilation of newspaper cuttings including a group of protestors; one wears a death mask and cloak, another carries a banner with the slogan: 'Boycott Wellcome products''; an advertisement for the campaign Act Up Manchester in support of care for those with AIDS. Black and white photocopy with red.
  • Compilation of newspaper cuttings including a group of protesters; one wears a death mask and cloak, another carries a banner with the slogan: 'Boycott Wellcome products''; an advertisement for the campaign Act Up Manchester in support of care for those with AIDS. Black and white photocopy with red.
  • John Cottington, a chimney-sweep, in elaborate costume walking the street with smoking pipe and horn in hand, with descriptive verse. Line block, 18--, after engraving, c. 1620.
  • A tailor fishing on a river bank is cowering away from a man with a large cosh hidden behind his back, who robs him of his hat, coat and boots. Lithograph after R. Seymour, 183-.
  • A physician thinking that a cobbler's use of the title "D.M." means that he is a Doctor of Medicine. Coloured etching.
  • A barber is asked to shave a man who has no facial hair. Etching by Phiz (Hablot K. Browne).
  • A fishing boat drawn up on to the beach at Scheveningen, surrounded by fishermen and a fishwife selling fish to customers. Etching by C. Weisbrod and engraving by J.P. Le Bas, 1779, after P. Bout.