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Landlord and tenant

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  • A sick man (Valentine) in bed with his hand held by his sister Camilla: the landlady demands the rent as David Simple enters the room. Line engraving by W. Blake, 1782, after T. Stothard.
  • Dr Samuel Johnson reading the manuscript of Oliver Goldsmith's 'The vicar of Wakefield', while a bailiff waits with the landlady. Mezzotint by S. Bellin, 1845, after E.M. Ward.
  • A monkey poet, in arrears with his rent, is embarrassed when his landlady opens the door to present him with bills. Etching by T. Landseer, 1828.
  • An elderly land-lady taking a warming-pan to put in her lodgers bed, which is already occupied by someone else. Coloured lithograph by H. Heath.
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    An elderly land-lady taking a warming-pan to put in her lodgers bed, which is already occupied by someone else. Coloured lithograph by H. Heath.

    Heath, Henry, active 1824-1850. | Reference: 11903i
    Part of: Notions of the agreeable
    • Pictures

    A man visits a country cottage and pays a young woman; local children protect a pet lamb. Lithograph, 18--.

    | Date: [between 1800 and 1899] | Reference: 3087534i
    • Pictures

    The replacement of landlords by people's communes. Colour lithograph, ca. 1959.

    | Date: [1959?] | Reference: 766959i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    A sick man (Valentine) in bed with his hand held by his sister Camilla: the landlady demands the rent as David Simple enters the room. Line engraving by W. Blake, 1782, after T. Stothard.

    Stothard, Thomas, 1755-1834. | Date: 10 August 1782 | Reference: 16849i
    • Archives and manuscripts

    Miscellanea XII

    | Date: c. 1640, 1689 | Reference: MS.805
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