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

Date

2005

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.

Date

[ca, 1840?]

Reference

20044i

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.

Date

MDCCLXXXI. [1781]

People causing a nuisance by smoking in the street. Coloured etching by H. Heath, 1827.

Date

1827

Reference

138i

Collier and wife. Gouache drawing.

Reference

31854i

Transplanting of teeth.

Date

1787

Reference

16595i

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.

Date

1913

Reference

15727i

Head servant with his wife offering him betel leaves. Gouache drawing.

Reference

28713i

A Paria cook and wife. Gouache drawing.

Reference

28482i

An indian ruler leading his troops to battle seated in his carriage. Gouache drawing.

Reference

27582i

Page 164: two images of women in their traditional costume with one writing a letter. Watercolour drawing.

Reference

27534i

Cotton spinning couple. Watercolour drawing.

Reference

28365i

A soldier and his wife. Gouache drawing.

Reference

28315i

Above Bar Street, Southampton, Hampshire. Coloured engraving by P. Brannon, 1846.

Date

3 June 1846

Reference

22809i

Transplanting of teeth.

Date

1787

Reference

16589i

Envy up, scorn down : how status divides us / Susan T. Fiske.

Date

[2011], ©2011

Café Procope, Paris: men and women chatting over drinks. Aquatint.

Reference

22048i

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.

Date

1800-1809

Reference

37130i

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.

Date

[1854?]

Reference

35215i

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.

Reference

32037i

Parade and Bath-House, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Lithograph by H. Harris.

Reference

22954i

Unequal Britain : a report on the cycle of inequality / Frank Field.

Date

1974

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.

Date

June ye 25 1735 [i.e. 1763]

Reference

20040i

A woman. Gouache drawing.

Reference

27953i

A medicine vendor selling to a crowd at a fair. Process print after C. Pears, 1912.

Date

1912

Reference

15398i