A young soldier puts a coin into the hat of a wounded sailor as he knocks to gain entry to a brothel. Etching by T. Rowlandson, 1781.
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.
- Date:
- Nov. 27 1781
- Reference:
- 27972i
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The house is in Cleveland Row, in St James's, Westminster. On the wall is a poster advertising Leake's pills for the pox (syphilis). On the left are two street entertainers: a woman with a hurdy-gurdy and a man carrying a peepshow. Two women lean out of an upstairs window, advertising their services
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London (No. 18 New Bond Street ) : H. Humphrey, Nov. 27 1781.
Physical description
1 print : etching ; platemark 35.1 x 25.2 cm
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Charity covereth a multitude of sins.
References note
British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, no. 5930
Reference
Wellcome Collection 27972i
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