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

An obese midwife on her way to a labour in the early hours of the morning. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1811.

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

You should see me on Sunday! : John Knight's Family Health Soap / John Knight Ltd.

British chimney sweeps : five centuries of chimney sweeping / Benita Cullingford.

Climbing boys : a study of sweeps' apprentices, 1773-1875 / K.H. Strange.

Climbing boys, childhood, and society in nineteenth-century England / Peter G. Clamp.

Specification of Samuel Stocker : chimneys and apparatus for cleaning the same.

Good morning! : have you used Pears' soap?

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Chimney sweeps

Images from the collections

Images about Chimney sweeps

Works from the collections

British chimney sweeps : five centuries of chimney sweeping / Benita Cullingford.

Climbing boys : a study of sweeps' apprentices, 1773-1875 / K.H. Strange.

Climbing boys, childhood, and society in nineteenth-century England / Peter G. Clamp.

Specification of Samuel Stocker : chimneys and apparatus for cleaning the same.

Good morning! : have you used Pears' soap?

Chimney sweeps

Images from the collections

Images about Chimney sweeps

Works from the collections

British chimney sweeps : five centuries of chimney sweeping / Benita Cullingford.

Climbing boys : a study of sweeps' apprentices, 1773-1875 / K.H. Strange.

Climbing boys, childhood, and society in nineteenth-century England / Peter G. Clamp.

Specification of Samuel Stocker : chimneys and apparatus for cleaning the same.

Good morning! : have you used Pears' soap?

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