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Images from the collections

Images about Street life

12 images from works
  • Two women are arguing in the street at Seven Dials in London watched by a crowd. Etching by George Cruikshank.
  • A butcher's boy, reading to improve his mind, is so absorbed in his book that his delivery of meat is stolen by a passer-by. Coloured etching by T.L. Busby, 1826.
  • A man is pinned against a lamp post by the clothes-props that a street trader is selling. Coloured lithograph, ca.1840 (?).
  • Street vendors on the Seine in Paris: a pet-groomer, a shoe shiner, and a bookstall. Coloured lithograph, 183-.
  • A man in ragged clothes being bitten by a guard dog at the entrance to a town house; representing the sense of touch. Etching by T.L. Busby, ca. 1826.
  • A mad dog on the run in a London street: citizens attack it as it approaches a woman who has fallen over. Coloured etching by T.L. Busby, 1826.
  • A barber-surgeon for dogs in Paris. Drawing by L. Choquet, 18--.
  • A man in Mexico is carrying a blind old man in a chair on his back in order to attract alms. Coloured lithograph by C. Linati, 1828.
  • Left, a manservant brings a pair of boots to a man standing by the fire reading a newspaper; right, an old woman carrying a basket asks a young man for a job for her daughter while blowing smoke from a pipe into his face, much to his disgust. Etching.
  • People walking along the Strand in London holding umbrellas and carrying luggage, leading to accidents and commotion in the street. Etching by J. Baker, ca. 1819.
  • Left, a manservant brings a pair of boots to a man standing by the fire reading a newspaper; right, an old woman carrying a basket asks a young man for a job for her daughter while blowing smoke from a pipe into his face, much to his disgust. Etching.
  • An old woman with a basket in her hand asks a young man for a job for her daughter while blowing smoke from a pipe into his face, much to his disgust. Coloured etching.

Works from the collections

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    Palazzo Durazzo-Pallavicini, Genoa: the façade on Via Balbi. Etching by G.L. Guidotti after G. Torricelli after A. Giolfi.

    Giolfi, Antonio, 1721 or 1722-1796. | Date: [1769?] | Reference: 2924466i
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    Two women are arguing in the street at Seven Dials in London watched by a crowd. Etching by George Cruikshank.

    Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. | Date: 1839 | Reference: 35894i
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    A man in ragged clothes being bitten by a guard dog at the entrance to a town house; representing the sense of touch. Etching by T.L. Busby, ca. 1826.

    Busby, Thomas Lord. | Date: [1826?] | Reference: 664604i
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    People walking along the Strand in London holding umbrellas and carrying luggage, leading to accidents and commotion in the street. Etching by J. Baker, ca. 1819.

    Baker, John, active 1819-1824. | Date: 1819 | Reference: 35934i
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    An old woman with a basket in her hand asks a young man for a job for her daughter while blowing smoke from a pipe into his face, much to his disgust. Coloured etching.

    | Reference: 35876i
    Part of: Scenes in London

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