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  • A Jewish man selling oranges outside the Royal Exchange in London; a Jewish man in a top hat and coat displaying a bond for £50,000 that he has acquired; representing the advancement of Jews from street-selling to high finance. Wood engraving, 18--.
  • Two black men are given a lunch of roast beef by a white farmer, then they attempt to rob him, but he catches them, beats them, and sends them on their way. Coloured wood engravings.
  • Many people are riding on and crowding around a large horse-drawn carriage. Wood engraving by M. Jackson, 1862, after A. Hunt.
  • An episode in Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens: a crowd gathers around Mr Mantalini who has attempted to poison himself. Etching after Phiz (Hablot K. Browne).
  • In a crowded salon, a wigmaker fits wigs according to occupation; representing the character stereotyping of Gall's phrenology. Coloured etching by J.E. Marcus after J. Smies, c. 1810.