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Three London scenes: a man being cajoled by two prostitutes, a young man being accosted by two debt-collectors, and a physician attending a patient. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank after J. Sheringham, 1821.

Arthur Pendennis ("Pen"), as a student at Boniface College, Oxbridge, is confronted by debt collectors at the door of his rooms. Process print after W.M. Thackeray.

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Three London scenes: a man being cajoled by two prostitutes, a young man being accosted by two debt-collectors, and a physician attending a patient. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank after J. Sheringham, 1821.

Arthur Pendennis ("Pen"), as a student at Boniface College, Oxbridge, is confronted by debt collectors at the door of his rooms. Process print after W.M. Thackeray.