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Pencil sketch of many figures in early 19th-century dress, including a man on a ladder and crowds of men and women.

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This pencil study by Joseph Nash, dated 1827, groups numerous figures in period dress across the sheet, including men in top hats and frock coats and women in bonnets and long skirts. A worker stands on a ladder at upper right while others gaze up at him, and several figures bend or stand in loose clusters.

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1827

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