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Two physicians in "macaroni" fashions. Etching by J. Johnson after J.W.B. (Bretherton?), 1772.

The blind school, Southwark. Coloured engraving by R. Acon, 1829, after T. H. Shepherd.

Hyde Park, near Kensington Palace: ladies and children drinking from a spring and eating a picnic. Engraving by J. Godby, 1802, after Mary Spilsbury.

Christ's Hospital: the Great Hall during a ceremony. Engraving by J. G. Walker, 1822, after T. Stothard, 1799.

Textiles: four fabric samples mounted on a printed background. Wood engraving with colour fabric, 1809.

Saint Thomas's Hospital, Lambeth, viewed from the north bank of the Thames. Wood engraving.

Greenwich, with London in the distance. Lithograph by or after W. Westall, 1826.

Textiles: four fabric samples mounted on a printed background. Wood engraving with applied fabric, 1814.

Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, a distant three-quarter view of the Hall and Chapel, looking east, the Infirmary in the foreground left. Coloured drawing by C. White, 1786.

London, seen from Greenwich. Engraving, 1754.

The British Museum: the Etruscan Room, with visitors. Wood engraving, 1847.

A fashionable mother wearing a dress with slits across the breasts in order to feed her baby before she dashes off to the carriage waiting outside. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1796.

A young woman posing in a photographic studio, holding a branch of a tree, in front of a curtained backdrop.

The stairs at York buildings in the Strand; in the background are the tower of the water works and Westminster Bridge. Engraving, c.1779.

Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, with ships and rowing boats in the foreground. Coloured engraving after T. Bowles, 1753.

Bagnigge Wells, London: a family group, the Dumplings, on a day out. Mezzotint.

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A young woman posing in a photographic studio, holding a branch of a tree, in front of a curtained backdrop.

The stairs at York buildings in the Strand; in the background are the tower of the water works and Westminster Bridge. Engraving, c.1779.

Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, with ships and rowing boats in the foreground. Coloured engraving after T. Bowles, 1753.

A fashionable mother wearing a dress with slits across the breasts in order to feed her baby before she dashes off to the carriage waiting outside. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1796.

Bagnigge Wells, London: a family group, the Dumplings, on a day out. Mezzotint.

Fashion

Images from the collections

Images about Fashion

Works from the collections

A young woman posing in a photographic studio, holding a branch of a tree, in front of a curtained backdrop.

The stairs at York buildings in the Strand; in the background are the tower of the water works and Westminster Bridge. Engraving, c.1779.

Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, with ships and rowing boats in the foreground. Coloured engraving after T. Bowles, 1753.

A fashionable mother wearing a dress with slits across the breasts in order to feed her baby before she dashes off to the carriage waiting outside. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1796.

Bagnigge Wells, London: a family group, the Dumplings, on a day out. Mezzotint.

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