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Old Curiosity Shop

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08878.1954 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Engraving Date: circa 1865 Pagination: 1 print : b&w Order a Copy

One engraving entitled Old Curiosity Shop dated circa 1865. Depicts a scene with a man sitting in a chair drinking as he leans back on the back legs of the chair. Besides him is a woman leaning against the wall wiping her mouth on the back of her hand.

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