Manager, overseer or custodian – a legal officer to whom some degree of authority or jurisdiction is given
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A bailiff (Mr Fixem, centre) calls on an affluent man (left) to enforce payment of a debt, assisted by his assistant (Bung, right). Etching by George Cruikshank.
George CruikshankDate: [1836]Reference: 32377i- Pictures
A clerk named Boniface bows and presents a financial document. Etching by R. Brichet, ca. 1783, after J. F. de Göz.
Joseph Franz von GoezDate: [1783?]Reference: 2954096i
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A doctor taking the pulse of a gouty bachelor surrounded by the consequences of his life style. Mezzotint, ca. 1770.
Date: [1770?]Reference: 11198i- Pictures
A young man, 'Sir Fopling Flutter' ogles women through a lens while a bailiff serves him a writ. Mezzotint, 1769, by J. Dixon after himself.
Dixon, John, 1720-1804.Date: 1769Reference: 16317i
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A drunken man sits at home with his family while bailiffs remove their furniture. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.
George CruikshankDate: 1847Reference: 25975i