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 A Rake’s Progressby William Hogarth 1735

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 A Rake’s Progress

by William Hogarth 1735(Indianapolis Museum of Art)

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 A Rake’s Progress

by William Hogarth 1735(Lewis Walpole Library)

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 “Jack in an O!ce or Peter Necessary with Choice of Chamber pots A Ticket for the -” 

by William Hogarth(Lewis Walpole Library)

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 “The Theatrical Contest 1743” 

1743(Lewis Walpole Library)

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 “The Covt Garden Morning Frolick” 

by Louis Philippe Boitard 9 October, 1747 (The British Museum)

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 “ODDITIES” 

by George Townshend 1757 (Lewis Walpole Library)

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 The Piazza - Covent Garden

by Thomas and Paul Sandby 1765(The British Museum)

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 The Piazza, Covent Garden

by Paul Sandby (The Royal Collection)

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 View of St. James Place and Pall Mall

by William James Mid 18th Century 

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 Teapot 

Fürstenberg, Germany c. 1765 - 1770(Lewis Walpole Library)

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 “THE FEMALE ORATORS” 

for Jno. Smith, printed by M. Rennoldson 1768(Lewis Walpole Library)

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 “Sir Fopling Arrested: Drawn from a late rural Scene.” 

by Robert Sayer 1769(Lewis Walpole Library)

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Scene in a London Street

by John Collet   c. 1770(Yale Center for British Art)

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 “Is this my Daughter Ann” 

by James Watson 1774(Lewis Walpole Library)

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Madge Leaving in a Sedan Chair” 

by William Hibbart after drawings by C.W.Bampfylde 1776(RareOldPrints.com)

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Madge Carried in a Sedan Chair” 

by William Hibbart after drawings by C.W.Bampfylde 1776(RareOldPrints.com)

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 “THE LADIES CONTIVANCE” 

by M. Darly 1777 (Lewis Walpole Library)

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 Design for a Sedan Chair for Queen Charlotte

by Robert Adam 1775

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 “The RETURN from a MASQUERADE... A MORNING SCENE.” 

by Carington Bowles(The British Museum)

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 “The RETURN from a MASQUERADE... A MORNING SCENE.” 

by Carington Bowles(The British Museum)

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 “The RETURN from a MASQUERADE... A MORNING SCENE.” 

by Carington Bowles 1784(Victoria & Albert Museum)

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 “The RETURN from a MASQUERADE... A MORNING SCENE.” 

by Carington Bowles 1784(Victoria & Albert Museum)

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 “A SCOTCH BREEZE, scene New Bridge EDINGURGH”

by Isaac Cruikshank 1784(The British Museum)

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by Thomas Rowlandson (Late 18th Century)

(The British Museum)

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 Woman being Carried in a Sedan Chair 

by Robert Dighton c. 1780 - 1790(The Museum of London)

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 “The Manner of TRAVELLING, as practiced by the PEOPLE of CONGO in AFRICA.” 

after Theodor de Bry (1528 - 1598) 18th Century (Victoria & Albert Museum)

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Sedan Chair 

c. 1725 - 1775(Victoria & Albert Museum)

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Sedan Chair 

c. 1725 - 1775(Victoria & Albert Museum)

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French “Seascape” Sedan Chair 

c. 1725 - 1740(Versailles)

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Model of a French Sedan Chair c. 1760

(Getty Images)

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Queen Charlotte’s Sedan Chair by Robert & James Adam c. 1775

(Mint Museum of Art)

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Sedan Chair for Queen Charlotte

(Winsor Castle)

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Sedan Chair 1775 - 1800

(Museum of London)

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Leather Covered Sedan Chair 

18th Century (Christies Auction House)

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Model of a French Sedan Chair 18th Century 

(Getty Images)

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Sedan Chair 

Late 18th Century (Ulster Folk & Transport Museum)

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French Sedan Chair 

Late 18th Century (Private Collection)

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Sedan Chair Scene from Commedia dell'arte

by Claude Gillot (1673-1722)

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French Sedan Chair Modelc. 1775

(Getty Images)

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 “Needs must when the Devil Drives” London 1756

(Lewis Walpole Library)

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 “Needs must when the Devil Drives” London 1756

(Lewis Walpole Library)

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Punch Bowl with Wheeling Chair Bow Porcelain Factory, London c. 1760

(Victoria & Albert Museum)

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Richard, Mary, and Peter: The Children of Peter & Mary du Caneby Arthur Devis 1747 

(Harris Museum & Art Gallery)

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 The Thomas Cave Family 

by Arthur Devis 1749(Sotheby’s)

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 The Children of Philip Grymes & His Wife, Mary Randolph of Middlesex County, Virginia 

by John Hesselius 1751

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 “FRONTISPIECE. All hail Dalblair! hail tot he Lord of Auchinleck!” by Thomas Rowlandson 1786

(Lewis Walpole Library)

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 “Recruiting Sergeant and Contented Mates” 

by Robert Wilkinson 1780

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