An episode in the novel 'Paul Periwinkle': Colonel Sprightly in prison having his hair cut. Etching by Phiz (Hablot K. Browne).

  • Browne, Hablot Knight, 1815-1882.
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1841
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29778i
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An episode in the novel 'Paul Periwinkle': Colonel Sprightly in prison having his hair cut. Etching by Phiz (Hablot K. Browne). Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Colonel Sprightly harrasses a woman in Kensington Gardens, leading her to call one of the keepers of the gardens, who is knocked down by Sprightly. The colonel is arrested and sent by a magistrate to a House of Correction, where he is forced to wear prison uniform and to have his hair cut off

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1841

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1 print : etching ; image 12.2 x 9.8 cm

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Colonel Sprightly locked up against the grain. Phiz

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Wellcome Collection 29778i

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