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Fashion

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  • Two physicians in "macaroni" fashions. Etching by J. Johnson after J.W.B. (Bretherton?), 1772.
  • The blind school, Southwark. Coloured engraving by R. Acon, 1829, after T. H. Shepherd.
  • Hyde Park, near Kensington Palace: ladies and children drinking from a spring and eating a picnic. Engraving by J. Godby, 1802, after Mary Spilsbury.
  • Christ's Hospital: the Great Hall during a ceremony. Engraving by J. G. Walker, 1822, after T. Stothard, 1799.
  • Textiles: four fabric samples mounted on a printed background. Wood engraving with colour fabric, 1809.
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Catalogue

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    A young woman posing in a photographic studio, holding a branch of a tree, in front of a curtained backdrop.

    | Date: [approximately 1900] | Reference: 541504i
    Part of: The Fallaize Collection.
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    The stairs at York buildings in the Strand; in the background are the tower of the water works and Westminster Bridge. Engraving, c.1779.

    | Reference: 37652i
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    Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, with ships and rowing boats in the foreground. Coloured engraving after T. Bowles, 1753.

    | Date: 1753 | Reference: 26839i
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    A fashionable mother wearing a dress with slits across the breasts in order to feed her baby before she dashes off to the carriage waiting outside. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1796.

    Gillray, James, 1756-1815. | Date: 15 February 1796 | Reference: 17465i
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    Bagnigge Wells, London: a family group, the Dumplings, on a day out. Mezzotint.

    | Reference: 38743i
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