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  • The ragged trousered philanthropists / Robert Tressell ; edited with an introduction and notes by Peter Miles.

    • Tressell, Robert, 1870-1911.
    Date
    2005
    • Books
  • An insane man (Tom Rakewell) sits on the floor manically grasping at his head, while two attendants manacle his legs: his lover, Sarah Young, cries in distress, they are surrounded by lunatics at Bethlem hospital, London. Engraving by H. Fernell after W. Hogarth, 1735.

    • Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
    Date
    [ca, 1840?]
    Reference
    20044i
    • Pictures
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  • The origin of the distinction of ranks; or, an inquiry into the circumstances which give rise to influence and authority in the different members of society. By John Millar, Esq. Professor Of Law In The University Of Glasgow.

    • Millar, John, 1735-1801.
    Date
    MDCCLXXXI. [1781]
    • Books
    • Online
  • People causing a nuisance by smoking in the street. Coloured etching by H. Heath, 1827.

    • Heath, Henry, active 1824-1850.
    Date
    1827
    Reference
    138i
    • Pictures
  • Collier and wife. Gouache drawing.

    Reference
    31854i
    • Pictures
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  • Transplanting of teeth.

    • Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.
    Date
    1787
    Reference
    16595i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • A common cold germ asking the father of a neurasthenia bacillus if he can marry her; he is refused on account of the social gap between them. Pen drawing by C. Harrison, 1913.

    • Harrison, Charles, active 1920.
    Date
    1913
    Reference
    15727i
    • Pictures
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  • Head servant with his wife offering him betel leaves. Gouache drawing.

    Reference
    28713i
    • Pictures
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  • A Paria cook and wife. Gouache drawing.

    Reference
    28482i
    • Pictures
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  • An indian ruler leading his troops to battle seated in his carriage. Gouache drawing.

    Reference
    27582i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Page 164: two images of women in their traditional costume with one writing a letter. Watercolour drawing.

    Reference
    27534i
    • Pictures
  • Cotton spinning couple. Watercolour drawing.

    Reference
    28365i
    • Pictures
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  • A soldier and his wife. Gouache drawing.

    Reference
    28315i
    • Pictures
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  • Above Bar Street, Southampton, Hampshire. Coloured engraving by P. Brannon, 1846.

    • Brannon, P., active 1846.
    Date
    3 June 1846
    Reference
    22809i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Transplanting of teeth.

    • Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.
    Date
    1787
    Reference
    16589i
    • Pictures
  • Envy up, scorn down : how status divides us / Susan T. Fiske.

    • Fiske, Susan T.
    Date
    [2011], ©2011
    • Books
  • Café Procope, Paris: men and women chatting over drinks. Aquatint.

    Reference
    22048i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • A man of high rank in the Congo is being carried in a litter by four other men. Engraving by T. Wallis after W.M. Craig.

    • Craig, W. M. (William Marshall), approximately 1765-approximately 1834.
    Date
    1800-1809
    Reference
    37130i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Two working-class men wearing top hats and moustaches, imitating the fashions of the upper classes, rejoice in their new-found equality in fashion. Wood engraving after John Leech, 1854.

    • Leech, John, 1817-1864.
    Date
    [1854?]
    Reference
    35215i
    • Pictures
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  • An estate worker who is sweeping up autumn leaves takes off his hat in deference to a little boy who is heir to the estate. Process print after G.H. Boughton, 1873.

    • Boughton, George Henry, 1834-1905.
    Reference
    32037i
    • Pictures
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  • Parade and Bath-House, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Lithograph by H. Harris.

    • Harris, Henry, 1805-1865.
    Reference
    22954i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Unequal Britain : a report on the cycle of inequality / Frank Field.

    • Field, Frank, 1942-
    Date
    1974
    • Books
  • An insane man (Tom Rakewell) sits on the floor manically grasping at his head, his lover (Sarah Young) cries at the spectacle while two attendants attach chains to his legs; they are surrounded by other lunatics at Bethlem hospital, London. Engraving by W. Hogarth, 1763.

    • Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
    Date
    June ye 25 1735 [i.e. 1763]
    Reference
    20040i
    • Pictures
  • A woman. Gouache drawing.

    Reference
    27953i
    • Pictures
  • A medicine vendor selling to a crowd at a fair. Process print after C. Pears, 1912.

    • Pears, Charles, 1873-1958.
    Date
    1912
    Reference
    15398i
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