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A pair of fakir's sandals with iron spikes.

A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving by T. Cook, c. 1800, after W. Hogarth.

A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.

A young lad pulls off a corpulent man's boots. Coloured extendable lithograph by F. Bouchot, c. 1840.

A pair of Chinese shoes for bound 'lily' feet

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A pair of Chinese shoes for bound 'lily' feet

A pair of Chinese shoes for bound 'lily' feet

A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving by T. Cook, c. 1800, after W. Hogarth.

A pair of Chinese shoes for bound 'lily' feet

A pair of fakir's sandals with iron spikes.