A man with a carpetbag and an umbrella enters a lodging house and asks for a room, but the landlady rejects his request, thinking that his carpetbag identifies him with a man who had defrauded other lodging houses. Wood engraving after Phiz. (Hablot K. Browne).

  • Browne, Hablot Knight, 1815-1882.
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1841
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29520i
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A man with a carpetbag and an umbrella enters a lodging house and asks for a room, but the landlady rejects his request, thinking that his carpetbag identifies him with a man who had defrauded other lodging houses. Wood engraving after Phiz. (Hablot K. Browne). Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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A man with a carpetbag had been reported to the police for taking a room in a lodging house and using the carpetbag to conceal the contents of his room, which he had stolen. In the bottom left, a notice advertises the play A new way to pay old debts by Philip Massinger at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, London. The play was performed there in 1828 and possibly other seasons

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London ; Edinburgh ; Dublin : J.& F. Tallis

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1 print : wood engraving (or etching?) ; image 11.3 x 9.7 cm

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Frontispiece. The man with the carpet bag. In an instant the smile of the hostess turned to a frown and without further explanation, she exclaimed, looking over the bar at the same time at my unfortunate carpet-bag, "No sir; we have no room, it won't do here". Phiz.

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Wellcome Collection 29520i

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