83 results filtered with: Costume - Great Britain - 18th century
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A tooth-drawer using a cord to extract a tooth from an agonized patient. Etching by J. Collier, 1773.
Bobbin, Tim, 1708-1786.Date: Publish'd as the Act directs June 1773Reference: 16540i- Pictures
A girl fainting and collapsing into the arms of a woman, in the background is a similar scene of a fainting man. Engraving by W. Sedgwick after E. Penny.
Penny, Edward, 1714-1791.Reference: 20002i- Pictures
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A fashionably-dressed dandy apothecary. Etching by M. Darly, 1772.
Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778.Date: 20 November 1772Reference: 16092i- Pictures
Two actors performing on an open-air stage, perhaps selling medicines (?); St. Pauls cathedral is visible in the background. Engraving by J. van der Gucht.
Reference: 20644i- Pictures
Doctor Humbugallo, an itinerant medicine vendor, selling his wares from a stage with an assistant dressed as a court fool. Watercolour by T. Rowlandson.
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.Reference: 20633i- Pictures
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A man with his gouty leg on a stool, a maid accidently pours boiling water over him and a small boy is stealing from his wallet, perhaps further punishment for his overindulgence. Mezzotint by V. Green, 1775, after E. Penny.
Penny, Edward, 1714-1791.Date: [22 March 1775]Reference: 23959i- Pictures
Doctor Rock, a vendor of medicines, selling his wares from a horse-drawn carriage to a crowd at Kennington common: John and Charles Wesley are preaching in the background. Engraving, 1743.
Date: Aug.st 17th 1743Reference: 20649i- Pictures
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Aske's Hospital, Shoreditch, London: the facade. Engraving, 1720.
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