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Title
The Clothes Exchange (Rag Fair), Houndsditch, London
Date
1880
Medium
black ink & blue crayon
Measurements
H 29 x W 20 cm (E)
Accession number
35335i
Acquisition method
presumed to be part of the collection formed by Henry S. Wellcome
Work type
Drawing
Signature/marks description
Signed "A.S. Boyd"
Inscription description
"Entrance to the exhibition. Clothes exchange. ... "An exit and an entrance". "Showing the fit". "Who'll 'ave 'em at two-and-three?". "Got an opera-'at, Mo?". "Two bob a pair""
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