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  • A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.
  • A drunken street brawl between four young colporteurs and a man, with two accompanying couplets. Etching, 16th century (?).
  • A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.
  • A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving by T. Cook, c. 1800, after W. Hogarth.
  • A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.
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    A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving by T. Cook, c. 1800, after W. Hogarth.

    Hogarth, William, 1697-1764. | Date: 1 April 1800 | Reference: 26459i
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    Porters are standing around talking, leaning on baskets; one is asleep; others in the background are carrying items. Coloured lithograph.

    | Date: 1800-1899 | Reference: 30552i
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    A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.

    Hogarth, William, 1697-1764. | Date: 1 February 1751 | Reference: 26456i
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    A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.

    Hogarth, William, 1697-1764. | Date: Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 1 February 1751 | Reference: 26964i
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    A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.

    Hogarth, William, 1697-1764. | Date: published according to Act of Parliament 1 February 1751 | Reference: 26979i
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