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Dempsey's people : a folio of British street portraits 1824-1844
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Dempsey's people : a folio of British street portraits 1824-1844

by David Hansen, John Dempsey

This study examines nineteenth-century itinerant artist John Dempsey and his watercolour depictions of British street people. It features fifty-two portraits from the Docker Folio, providing insight into Georgian society before the emergence of photography.

Accession 12576 ISBN 9780995397514 Publisher National Portrait Gallery
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