Dropping an Acquaintance

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A man on a staircase dangles another over the balustrade as if poised to drop him

Dropping a disagreeable acquaintance!

Artist

Name:: Browne, Hablot Knight (alias Phiz)
Dates:: 1815-1882
Country:: UK

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Technique:: Etching
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: University of California Libraries, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Lewis Arundel; or, The railroad of life
Author:: Smedley, Frank Edward
Publisher:: London: Virtue, Hall, & Virtue, 1852
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A man on a staircase has seized another by the collar and tails of his coat, dangling him over the balustrade as if poised to drop him.

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