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William Powell Frith. Photograph by F.R. Window.

A group of men are sitting around a table, playing cards and smoking, there are empty bottles lying around on the floor and one man has fallen asleep. Etching by S.J. Ferries after Wm. P. Frith.

A baby is sitting on a table having new shoes put on her feet. Engraving by H. Bourne after W.P. Frith.

A boy sweeping the street with a broom touches his forelock as a woman crosses the street, holding up her skirts. Engraving by C.W. Sharpe, 1864, after W.P. Frith, 1858.

A gathering and celebration to mark a young man's coming of age. Wood engraving after W.P. Frith, R.A.

A boy with a broom is touching his forelock to a woman who is crossing the street. Engraving after W.P. Frith.

Bianca, in Shakespeare's Taming of the shrew. Engraving by W. Holl after W.P. Frith.

Joseph Addison and Sir Roger de Coverley: an inn-sign with the head of Sir Roger is retouched as the Saracen's Head. Lithograph by T.H. Maguire after W.P. Frith, 1867.

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Frith, William Powell, 1819-1909

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A boy with a broom is touching his forelock to a woman who is crossing the street. Engraving after W.P. Frith.

A boy sweeping the street with a broom touches his forelock as a woman crosses the street, holding up her skirts. Engraving by C.W. Sharpe, 1864, after W.P. Frith, 1858.

A baby is sitting on a table having new shoes put on her feet. Engraving by H. Bourne after W.P. Frith.

Bianca, in Shakespeare's Taming of the shrew. Engraving by W. Holl after W.P. Frith.

Joseph Addison and Sir Roger de Coverley: an inn-sign with the head of Sir Roger is retouched as the Saracen's Head. Lithograph by T.H. Maguire after W.P. Frith, 1867.