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  • Two women are arguing in the street at Seven Dials in London watched by a crowd. Etching by George Cruikshank.
  • A butcher's boy, reading to improve his mind, is so absorbed in his book that his delivery of meat is stolen by a passer-by. Coloured etching by T.L. Busby, 1826.
  • A man is pinned against a lamp post by the clothes-props that a street trader is selling. Coloured lithograph, ca.1840 (?).
  • A man in ragged clothes being bitten by a guard dog at the entrance to a town house; representing the sense of touch. Etching by T.L. Busby, ca. 1826.
  • A mad dog on the run in a London street: citizens attack it as it approaches a woman who has fallen over. Coloured etching by T.L. Busby, 1826.
  • A man in Mexico is carrying a blind old man in a chair on his back in order to attract alms. Coloured lithograph by C. Linati, 1828.
  • People walking along the Strand in London holding umbrellas and carrying luggage, leading to accidents and commotion in the street. Etching by J. Baker, ca. 1819.
  • An old woman with a basket in her hand asks a young man for a job for her daughter while blowing smoke from a pipe into his face, much to his disgust. Coloured etching.