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depicting a Thames Waterman reunited with his friend and his transvestite wife he believed had betrayed him, the boathouse, river and a bridge beyond, with verse narrative below, mezzotint, 350 x 250mm., a few faint spots in the text field, in period frame, [CS.1883], Robert Sayer & Co., 1793 § Elstrack (Renold) After. Mulld Sake, emblematic costume portrait of the 17th century London chimney sweep, John Cottington, originally issued by Compton Holland c.1620, engraving with hand-colouring, 230 x 145mm., framed and glazed, Caulfield and Herbert, 1794 (2)