Craftsman responsible for the preparation and sale of meat

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A woman wearing a fine dress with pearls around her neck, a very elaborate hair style and beauty spots, checks her appearance in a mirror before going out to the new fashionable resort of the Pantheon in London. Mezzotint by P. Dawe, 1772.

A family are saddened by the sale of their pet lamb. Engraving by C. Rolls after W. Collins, 1813.

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Butchers (Persons)

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A woman wearing a fine dress with pearls around her neck, a very elaborate hair style and beauty spots, checks her appearance in a mirror before going out to the new fashionable resort of the Pantheon in London. Mezzotint by P. Dawe, 1772.

A family are saddened by the sale of their pet lamb. Engraving by C. Rolls after W. Collins, 1813.