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A lantern maker working at his bench, talking to a woman customer who inspects a finished lantern. Woodcut by J. Amman.
Amman, Jost, 1539-1591.Date: [1568]Reference: 34953i
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Three men carousing beneath a mulberry tree, with verses of a song comparing the life of humans to the life of a tree. Etching after I. Cruikshank, 1808.
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811Date: 1 March 1808Reference: 26292i- Pictures
A woman sleeps at a table as one man lights his pipe and another tries to wake her. Mezzotint by W. Baillie, c. 1774, after G. Dou.
Dou, Gerard, 1613-1675.Date: 1 January 1774Reference: 24839i
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Two men placing the shrouded corpse which they have just disinterred into a sack while Death, as a nightwatchman holding a lantern, grabs one of the grave-robbers from behind. Coloured drawing by T. Rowlandson, 1775.
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.Date: 1755Reference: 25772i
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Two Chinese men stand by a shop window while opium smokers sit on the terrace above. Pencil drawing with sepia wash by W. J. Bellairs, 19th century.
Bellairs, W. J.Reference: 25054i