A large man is sitting on a chair by a table while a woman pours tea out of the teapot, seeming to miss the cups as they and the young woman standing behind the chair are engaged in conversation. Etching by Phillips.

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Aug. 1st 1835
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28526i
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A large man is sitting on a chair by a table while a woman pours tea out of the teapot, seeming to miss the cups as they and the young woman standing behind the chair are engaged in conversation. Etching by Phillips. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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London (26 Haymarket) : Thos. McLean, Aug. 1st 1835.

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1 print : etching ; image 21.3 x 33 cm

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The return from the continent; or the family puzzled. O! all a mode! all a mode. Lord, my dear! the French folks have quite transmorgrified you . What, is that a French collar? why, it sticks out like two large horns: - and they've stuck a sugar-loaf on your head- and what have they been doing with your small cloaths? and where's your wig, my dear? All a mode all a mode! Why, papa you seem to have forget all your English. You'll have all the customers take you for a French mounseer. Phillips fec.

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