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“Above resistant pavements, I floated”

In this extract from ‘Living with Buildings and Walking with Ghosts’, walk with Iain Sinclair through the streets of London.

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  • Three men sit and stand by a table to smoke. Mezzotint after D. Teniers, the younger (?).
  • Four men sit indoors smoking round a barrel-table, others drink by the fireplace. Lithograph after D. Teniers (?).
  • An old man sits with tankard and pipe at a tavern table, three men converse behind him. Lithograph after D. Teniers (?).
  • A lecherous drinker sits with a girl at a barrel table in a dingy tavern. Engraving by P. Canot, c. 1756, after D. Teniers, the younger.
  • Five men gather round a table to play cards, drink and smoke in a dingy smoke den. Engraving by J. Goldar after D. Teniers, the younger.
  • A man sits at a barrel-table to light his pipe, others in the room smoke and drink. Engraving by T. Major, 1746, after D. Teniers.
  • A man sits by a barrel-table smoking his pipe, behind others play cards and a woman enters the room. Engraving by P. Chenu after D. Teniers.
  • Four men sit at a table playing cards, others watch as they stand around a fire. Engraving by J.B. Michel after J. Boydell after D. Teniers.
  • A fashionable gentleman sits with his arm round a lady by a tavern table as a girl chalks up drinks on a slate. Lithograph after D. Teniers (?).
  • Two men play cards at a table as others watch, smoke and drink in a dingy smoke den. Mezzotint by W. Baillie, 1771, after D. Teniers the younger.
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