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A barber cutting a customer while shaving him; the customer retaliates by biting the barber's finger. Coloured aquatint by G. & C. Hunt after M. Egerton.

A gouty man savouring his feast. Coloured aquatint by G. Hunt after E.Y.

The confirmation ceremony for a group of boys; one of them confuses confirmation with vaccination. Coloured aquatint by G. Hunt, 1831.

A fat farmer and a young woman at a sea-side resort; behind them are two establishments, "Baths Shampooing" and "Charles Wright's Champagne". Aquatint with etching by G. Hunt and T. Lane after T. Lane.

A woman in a bonnet and carrying a parasol is approaching a young woman who has a basket of eels on the ground and a young man who has a donkey with panniers full of fruit. Coloured aquatint by G. Hunt after M. Egerton.

A young man in a frock coat stands talking to a woman who is pointing towards a canopied bed. Aquatint by George Hunt after M. Egerton.

A young couple face one another during a dance watched with interest by another woman in the background. Etching and aquatint by G. Hunt after M. Egerton, 1825.

Two women sit at a table drinking tea and gossiping, so taken up with what they are saying that the tea is accidently poured on the cat. Aquatint by G. Hunt after M. Egerton.

A barber standing outside his shop confuses a passer-by with an ambiguously worded notice. Etching by R.W. Smart and aquatint by G. Hunt after W.H. Pyne.

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Hunt, George, active 1824-1831

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A barber standing outside his shop confuses a passer-by with an ambiguously worded notice. Etching by R.W. Smart and aquatint by G. Hunt after W.H. Pyne.

A young man in a frock coat stands talking to a woman who is pointing towards a canopied bed. Aquatint by George Hunt after M. Egerton.

A woman in a bonnet and carrying a parasol is approaching a young woman who has a basket of eels on the ground and a young man who has a donkey with panniers full of fruit. Coloured aquatint by G. Hunt after M. Egerton.

The confirmation ceremony for a group of boys; one of them confuses confirmation with vaccination. Coloured aquatint by G. Hunt, 1831.

Two women sit at a table drinking tea and gossiping, so taken up with what they are saying that the tea is accidently poured on the cat. Aquatint by G. Hunt after M. Egerton.