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Three men seeking lodgings standing on the doorstep of a house where the charwoman (Benjamin Disraeli) addresses them from the window; representing the enfranchisement of lodgers. Process print, 1878, after J. Tenniel, 1867.

A doctor's front door, with a chimney sweep, in the snow. Chromolithograph by John Leighton ("Luke Limner").

The blind school, Southwark. Engraving by T. A. Prior, [c.1835], after D. McKewan.

A doctor's front door, with a chimney sweep, in the snow. Drawing by John Leighton ("Luke Limner").

The blind school, Southwark: with a bustling street scene. Lithograph by L. Haghe, ca.1835, after J. Johnson.

Clean : a story of addiction, recovery and the removal of stubborn stains / Michele Kirsch.

The trauma cleaner : one woman's extraordinary life in death, decay & disaster / by Sarah Krasnostein.

"The Blue Ward"

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Clean : a story of addiction, recovery and the removal of stubborn stains / Michele Kirsch.

The blind school, Southwark: with a bustling street scene. Lithograph by L. Haghe, ca.1835, after J. Johnson.

The trauma cleaner : one woman's extraordinary life in death, decay & disaster / by Sarah Krasnostein.

"The Blue Ward"

A doctor's front door, with a chimney sweep, in the snow. Chromolithograph by John Leighton ("Luke Limner").