Retail traders not affected by the shop tax, British Cartoon Print

Print shows three women standing inside the entrance to an establishment labeled "Neat lodgings for men" over which is a bust of a Turkish(?) man on a pedestal labeled "Bagnio"; a notice in the window states "For the benefit of the Dowager Eve, this & every evening by permission of their Worships, such things are."

Watermark on center of paper.

Attributed to William Dent.

Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).

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01/01/1787

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