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Dirt, disease and the Inspector of Nuisances

In the days when ‘bad air’ was thought to spread disease, dozens of Inspectors of Nuisances ceaselessly struggled against the perils of dirt – both visible and invisible.

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Paris Morgue and a public spectacle of death

Known as the “only free theatre in Paris”, La Morgue was a popular place for the public to view cadavers on display.

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Natural eating in Jamaica and the Caribbean

Riaz Phillips is passionate about the Jamaican food he grew up with and plant-based Caribbean food he came to later, like roti, baiganee and vegan stews and curries. Here he explores the origins and surging popularity of these natural ‘health foods’.

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  • Street vendors and shops in a street in Paris. Coloured aquatint by R.B. Peake.
  • Street vendors on the Seine in Paris: a pet-groomer, a shoe shiner, and a bookstall. Coloured lithograph, 183-.
  • Two Chinese street vendors with two customers. Painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
  • Two vendors selling sweets (?) on the street. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Rue du Petit Musc, Paris: street vendors outside a liquor shop;a group of soldiers walk down the street on the left, while a boy wearing clogs sweeps the street. Coloured aquatint by R.B. Peake.
  • Two street vendors, each holding a small stool and the food to place on it, along with a fly whisk. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • A Chinese street vendor. Painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
  • A Chinese street vendor. Painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
  • An itinerant street vendor selling cures for corns. Coloured pen drawing.
  • Chinese figures with street vendor. Painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
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