A liveried footman sends on their way a starving family who are sitting outside the side-door of a mansion. Wood engraving by J. Thompson after Fred Tayler.

  • Tayler, Frederick, 1802-1889.
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[1845]
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31995i
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A liveried footman sends on their way a starving family who are sitting outside the side-door of a mansion. Wood engraving by J. Thompson after Fred Tayler. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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A state described by Goldsmith in The deserted village: "No surly porter stands in guilty state, To spurn imploring famine from the gate"

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[London] : [Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans], [1845]

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1 print : wood engraving

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To spurn imploring famine from the gate. Fred Tayler. John Thompson

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Wellcome Collection 31995i

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