The Dunmow Flitch: a procession of people follow the winning couple who are being carried in a chair on the shoulders of four men while others walk in front carrying a piece of bacon on a stick. Engraving by C. Mosley after D. Ogborne, 1751.

    • Ogborne, David, 1700-1768.
    Date:
    January 1752
    Reference:
    28446i
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    Licence: Public Domain Mark

    Credit: The Dunmow Flitch: a procession of people follow the winning couple who are being carried in a chair on the shoulders of four men while others walk in front carrying a piece of bacon on a stick. Engraving by C. Mosley after D. Ogborne, 1751. Wellcome Collection. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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