Bankside, Southwark: showing a renowned brothel and theatres. Etching by B. Howlett.

  • Howlett, Bartholomew, 1767-1827.
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Sept. 2, 1818
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27983i
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Bankside, Southwark: showing a renowned brothel and theatres. Etching by B. Howlett. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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London (Cheapside) : Messrs. Boydell & Co., Sept. 2, 1818.

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1 print : etching ; platemark 23 x 28.4 cm

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Bankside, Southwark in 1648, with a view of Holland's Leaguer, one of the ancient Stews or licensed brothels there. Suppressed during the reign of Henry the eighth. B. Howlett sc. Holland's Leaguer was the name of a large insulated building which stood within memory on the site of the present Holland Street, Surry Road and which in the reign of James I. was the most noted of these Brothels on the Bankside, anciently denominated Stews...

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