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Images from the collections

Images about Rich people

90 images from works
  • Fashionable London comes to observe Sunday lunch at the Foundling Hospital. Wood engraving by J. Swain, 1872, after H.T. Green.
  • Dinsdale Spa, Durham: people gathered at the riverside. Line engraving by S. Lacey, 1833, after T. Allom.
  • Tunbridge Wells, Kent: view of the parade. Engraving by I. Taylor.
  • A medical consultation while a patient dies; a group of soldiers with a family; men in an artist's loft. Coloured lithograph c. 1840.
  • A phrenologist and some society people in a parlour. Lithograph by H. Jannin after L.C. Bommier (?).
  • A bearded dandy admiring the ladies through his monocle on 'Buffers Walk' in the public gardens. Coloured wood engraving by W.H. Harrison.
  • Foundling Hospital, London. Etching by H. Roberts, 1749, after J. Robinson after T. Jacobson.
  • The promenade leading to the Observatory, Baths, and Library, Clifton, Bristol. Steel engraving by W. Wallis after himself, 1836.
  • A Patanee couple. Gouache drawing.
  • A popular art and antique auction. Reproduction of a wood engraving after Dalziel after R. Doyle.

Works from the collections

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    A young homoeopath takes a cup to a sick young man hidden in his bed. Coloured photolithograph.

    | Reference: 16630i
    Part of: L'oméopatie
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    A busy day at the beach. Reproduction of a wood engraving after Dalziel after R. Doyle.

    Doyle, Richard, 1824-1883. | Reference: 12151i
    Part of: Bird's-eye views of modern society
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    The figure of a man divided in two parts: a skeleton and a well-dressed gentleman. Engraving by V. Green, 1769, after himself.

    Green, Valentine, 1739-1813. | Date: 10 August 1769 | Reference: 26236i
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    Women washing clothes in Matlock Bath, Derbyshire. Coloured line engraving, 1794.

    Boydell, John, 1720-1804. | Date: 1794 | Reference: 16833i
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    People gathering at the promenade and pump room, Cheltenham. Stipple engraving.

    | Reference: 16663i

Related topics

Health resorts
Costume
Manners and customs
Cheltenham
Social Participation
Costume - France
Fashion
Physician and patient
Death
Hats

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