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Aristocracy (Social class)

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  • Four men whose distorted shadows are cast on the wall:a an apothecary casting the shadow of a clyster, a censor casting the shadow of a devil, a hereditary peer casting the shadow of a pig, and a Jesuit casting the shadow of a turkey. Coloured lithograph by J.J. Grandville, 1830.
  • A hotel managed by noblemen. Wood engraving after J. Leech.
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Catalogue

    • Books

    The rise of respectable society : a social history of Victorian Britain, 1830-1900 / F.M.L. Thompson.

    Thompson, F. M. L. (Francis Michael Longstreth) | Date: 1988
    • Books

    The bride of science : romance, reason and Byron's daughter / Benjamin Woolley.

    Woolley, Benjamin. | Date: 1999
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    Aristocracy, temperance and social reform : the life of Lady Henry Somerset / Olwen Claire Niessen.

    Niessen, Olwen Claire, 1935- | Date: 2007
    • Books

    Družinska povezanost grofov Celjskih : identifikacijska in epigenetska raziskava njihovih lobanj = Family interlinkage of the counts of Celje : an identificational and epigenetic study on their skulls / Zvonka Zupanič Slavec.

    Zupanič-Slavec, Zvonka. | Date: 2002
    • Books

    How to create the perfect wife / by Wendy Moore.

    Moore, Wendy, 1952- | Date: 2013
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