A woman studying a book of tragedy while having her hair dressed by a female assistant; in the background a group act out a tragedy. Engraving by A. Duncan, 1831, after Farrier.

An old man with a wooden leg, probably a former soldier, marches with a shouldered broomstick to the drum beaten by a child behind him. Lithograph by T. Farlow after R. Farrier.

A group of boys with a flag and weapons take hold of one boy who is attempting to escape. Lithograph by Thomas Fairland after Robert Farrier.

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