Fashion - Great Britain
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Textiles: four fabric samples mounted on a printed background. Wood engraving with applied fabric, 1812.
Date: June 1812Reference: 44082i
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A group of dandified tailors attending a lecture, given by a grotesquely fashionable tailor, on "anatomical cutting". Coloured etching by R. Seymour after himself, 1829.
Robert SeymourDate: 1829Reference: 525732i
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Fishmongers' Hall, Thames Street, London: the entrance to the hall, with elaborate allegorical carving above the doors, two fashionable ladies, a scholar and a coal-heaver in the street. Engraving by J. Greig after T. H. Shepherd, 1830.
Thomas Hosmer ShepherdDate: 1830Reference: 23584i
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The British Museum: the Coral Room, with visitors. Wood engraving, 1847.
Date: 1847Reference: 38461i
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A veterinary surgeon and a blacksmith attacking dandies on velocipedes, in an attempt to preserve the use of horses as a means of transport, and therefore securing their own trades. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1819.
Charles WilliamsDate: 1819Reference: 11811i