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A tailor is attempting to make a coat fit his customer when it is much too large. Etching by J. Cooke after S. Collings.
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A tailor is attempting to make a coat fit his customer when it is much too large. Etching by J. Cooke after S. Collings.

1789

CC0 — Public Domain
Wellcome Collection

Lettering: Monmouth Street. Not fit! - Tho to be sure as you say a man can't see himself from behind! - Why it sits like wax and goes off and on like a glove. ... S. Collings del. J. Cooke sculpt. St Mary Axe.

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