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Shoe shiners

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  • New York State Soldiers' Depot, New York City: wash and bath room. Colour lithograph, 1864.
  • Street vendors on the Seine in Paris: a pet-groomer, a shoe shiner, and a bookstall. Coloured lithograph, 183-.
  • The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam] at Moorfields, London: seen from the north, with people in the foreground. Engraving, c. 1764.
  • Old Boots, an eccentric shoe shiner. Engraving after T. Grin.
  • Old Boots, an eccentric shoe shiner. Line engraving by J. Strange, 1793, after T. Grin.
  • Old Boots, an eccentric shoe shiner. Engraving by R. Cooper, 1821.
  • The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam] at Moorfields, London: seen from the north, with people in the foreground. Coloured engraving, ca. 1750.
  • A soldier stands on a wall as a man cleans his boots. Coloured etching.
  • The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam] at Moorfields, London: seen from the north, with people in the foreground. Coloured engraving, c. 1771.

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    Old Boots, an eccentric shoe shiner. Engraving after T. Grin.

    Grin, Timothy. | Reference: 2092i
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    The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam] at Moorfields, London: seen from the north, with people in the foreground. Engraving, c. 1764.

    | Date: [c.1764] | Reference: 25618i
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    Old Boots, an eccentric shoe shiner. Line engraving by J. Strange, 1793, after T. Grin.

    Grin, Timothy. | Date: 1 March 1793 | Reference: 2091i
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    The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam] at Moorfields, London: seen from the north, with people in the foreground. Coloured engraving, c. 1771.

    | Date: [c.1771] | Reference: 25617i
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    New York State Soldiers' Depot, New York City: wash and bath room. Colour lithograph, 1864.

    | Date: 1864 | Reference: 20139i
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