A Tale of Hard Times for a Journeyman Family
A dated lament describes a journeyman with wife and two children living on meager wages. It details weekly food costs for meat bread butter cheese beer and coal, plus lodging and clothing, leaving little or nothing for sickness or emergencies. The writer argues the moral and economic strain on honest tradesmen and calls for humane relief and reform.
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Exhibited Art Prints and Portraits at Spring Garden
A list of engravings and portraits on display titled A Portrait Gallery featuring works by Barrer Copely Cotes Davy Gainsborough Hamilton Howe Mortimer Patron Peters among others. The collection includes landscapes, a boy with a squirrel, seasides and interiors with various price points and numbers.
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Windsor
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Dainsy
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Dale
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Neas
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Rome
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Mr. Gainsborough
Mr. Hamilton
Howe
Mortimer
Patron
Peters
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