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Italians

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  • An episode in Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens: a crowd gathers around Mr Mantalini who has attempted to poison himself. Etching after Phiz (Hablot K. Browne).
  • An Italian brigand attacking a gentleman on a road; exhibiting the phrenological 'propensity' of 'destructiveness'. Steel engraving by S. Wolff, 1847, after H. Bruyères.
  • An Italian man with an extremely long bushy beard requesting a barber to confirm his advertised rate of a shave for one penny; the barber is forced to agree. Etching by G. Cruikshank.
  • World War II: hygiene instructions against typhus for the British army in Italy. Colour lithograph by Stacey Hopper, 1944.
  • An Spanish soldier facing an Italian soldier with their swords crossed. Coloured engraving by J. Chapman after C. Elliott.
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Catalogue

    • Ephemera

    Friendly busty Italian model.

    | Date: [1992]
    • Ephemera

    Gorgious Italian blonde : Kelly, genuine photo : elegant & exclusive : discreet & friendly, with a body built for sin.

    | Date: [2001]
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    An Spanish soldier facing an Italian soldier with their swords crossed. Coloured engraving by J. Chapman after C. Elliott.

    Elliott, C., active 1805. | Date: March 1 1806 | Reference: 34642i
    • Ephemera

    Corrective & continental massage, Jina : beautiful young Italian.

    | Date: [1992]
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    An episode in Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens: a crowd gathers around Mr Mantalini who has attempted to poison himself. Etching after Phiz (Hablot K. Browne).

    Browne, Hablot Knight, 1815-1882. | Date: [1839] | Reference: 43002i
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