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.
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Nov. 27 1781
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27972i
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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. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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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.

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1 print : etching ; platemark 35.1 x 25.2 cm

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Charity covereth a multitude of sins.

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British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, no. 5930

Reference

Wellcome Collection 27972i

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