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  • Six fashionable young men after a drinking session, all with girls in their arms. Engraving, c. 1796.
  • Dandies at the opera, one of them swooning, overcome with emotion. Coloured etching by I.R. Cruikshank, 1818.
  • Town fops including L. Skeffington, J. Penn and Lord Kirkcudbright, feigning fashionable wounds after the return of the troops from Holland. Coloured etching by J. Cawse, 1799.
  • A veterinary surgeon and a blacksmith attacking dandies on velocipedes, in an attempt to preserve the use of horses as a means of transport, and therefore securing their own trades. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1819.
  • A man in a gown is sitting on a chair in the middle of the room, preparing his dress and very elaborate hair style, with other men in the room. Coloured etching by I.W., 1772, after Captain Minshull.
  • The gouty King George IV relaxing before nine portraits chronicling his past extravagant styles of dress; representing the King's attempt to withdraw from public ridicule. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1824.
  • Englishmen smoking in a city street, thereby causing a nuisance to women. Etching.
  • A foppish fumigator holding a print of a birthing chair (?). Etching, 1772.
  • A fashionable man takes his hat off while strolling; his hairdresser assists him by supporting the weight of his large wig. Coloured engraving by J. Caldwell after M.V. Brandoin.
  • John Cottington, a chimney-sweep, in elaborate costume walking the street with smoking pipe and horn in hand, with descriptive verse. Line block, 18--, after engraving, c. 1620.
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Fashion
Costume
House furnishings
Tobacco Smoking
Smoking
Smoking Pipes
Dentist and patient
Costume - History - 19th century
United Kingdom
Alcohol Drinking