A shoemender and a tailor sitting on benches repairing old shoes and clothes. Etching by R. Dagley.

  • Dagley, Richard, -1841.
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[1821]
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29998i
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A shoemender and a tailor sitting on benches repairing old shoes and clothes. Etching by R. Dagley. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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"For clothes-of course I never think of new, / But threadbare old ones I know how to turn; / Two botchers help me, taking stitches, you / The Snob, and Tailor opposite discern. / While my own garments undergo repair ; / Another customer's they let me wear."--Dagley, loc. cit.

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[London] : [John Warren], [1821]

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1 print : etching ; sheet 13.8 x 11.6 cm

Lettering

Taking stitches. R. Dagley del et sculp.

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Wellcome Collection 29998i

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