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Chairs

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  • Motorised invalid car, The Pultney Two Seater'.
  • A man sits filling his pipe by the fire, behind a man relieves himself against the wall. Mezzotint by J.J. Haid et filius after D. Teniers, the younger (?).
  • The interior of a dingy smoke den where groups of men smoke, drink and play cards. Engraving by F. del Pedro, 18th century, after a painting by D. Teniers, the younger.
  • A woman seated on a obstetrical chair giving birth aided by a midwife who works beneath her skirts. Woodcut.
  • Upholstery: two stages in padding an armchair. Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
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    The rates for hackney-coaches and chairs. By the Commissioners authorized and appointed for licensing and regulating hackney-coaches and chairs ... We do appoint Edward Castle to have the sole printing of this order. Sept. 20. 1711. Dan. Blake, A. Magny

    Commissioners for Licensing
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    Orders, by-laws, and ordinances, for the good government and regulating of the persons licensed to keep and drive hackney-coaches, and their renters and drivers. Made, publish'd, and declar'd, by John Way, Thomas Sutton, More Molyneux, Charles Barnard and

    Commissioners for licensing
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