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  • A landlord, while fishing, reads property advertisements in the newspaper and exclaims at the levels of rent being asked. Coloured lithograph by A.J.L. Jazet, 1843.
  • A boy telling his aunt the advantages of placing her name on the Social Register. Wood engraving after C. Keene, 1869.
  • A doctor reading a newspaper article on the prospect of a decrease in influenza - his wife hopes for the reverse. Wood engraving by G. Du Maurier, 1892.
  • Forty five different scenes telling the tale of a man with toothache, his various attempts at trying to cure himself and the final recourse to the dentist. Wood engraving by G. Cruikshank after H. Mayhew.
  • A London hair-dresser's shop: a barber shaves a man; a young woman who is having her hair cut recognizes another customer; and a man who rents the upper part reads the Sunday newspaper. Etching by Phiz (Hablot K. Browne).