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![Water five cents a glass ... normal water supply of Constantinople is impure and water from deep cisterns is sold at five cents a glass. All except the very poor are glad to pay that for army life has taught them that typhoid and other diseases areise [sic] from drinking impure water ... picture shows Major James A. Mills of New York filling his glass from the pail of water peddler in the Stamboul quarter of Constantinople.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDIvd2F0ZXItZml2ZS1jZW50cy1hLWdsYXNzLW5vcm1hbC13YXRlci1zdXBwbHktb2YtY29uc3RhbnRpbm9wbGUtaXMtaW1wdXJlLWFuZC1lOTk2YmQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "Water five cents a glass ... normal water supply of Constantinople is impure and water from deep cisterns is sold at five cents a glass. All except the very poor are glad to pay that for army life has taught them that typhoid and other diseases areise [sic] from drinking impure water ... picture shows Major James A. Mills of New York filling his glass from the pail of water peddler in the Stamboul quarter of Constantinople.")
The specious orator Will your ladyship do me the honor to say £50,000 - a mere trifle - a brilliant of the first water, an unheard of price for such a lot, surely R. Dighton, 1794
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"A H.L. portrait of Christie standing in his auctioneer's rostrum, the upper part of which forms the base of the design..." (Source: George)
At the time this etching was published Christie's was located at 125 Pall Mall, next door to Schomberg house where Gainsborough lived. This image is the basis for the Christie's logo design (Source: National Portrait Gallery, London).
Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum / by Mary Dorothy George, v. 7, no. 8526
Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).
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Date
01/01/1794
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Christie's
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