Burlesque: 'Babes in the Wood', 1888

Title : Burlesque: 'Babes in the Wood', 1888

Topic : J.C. Oswald collection

Year : 1888

Location : Unknown

Date (start) : 1888

Nature : B&W Photo

Support image : Paper

Caption on print : The “Scale of Charges” reads as follows: WRITING TO THE GROCER 26; ANONYMOUS EXPRESS 10 DOWN ;MUZZLING AN EDITOR DITTO; ASSISTING 555 COURT DITTO; MEMBERS TO AVOID A FINE A JOEY; TEARING DRESS TROUSERS AT A JAMBOREE £1 LOWEST; RUNNING A CIRCUS IN A CLUB LETTERS TO COMMITTEE,OIL CLOTH,ETC £12; CLEARING FOR NEXT BUT ONE OF KIN THE WAY £1 PER DIEM.

Caption on support : Burlesque 1888.

Information data : University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Os01-008. Photo from an album (UoB reference Os01) kept in the School of Oriental and African Studies Archives, London (SOAS reference MS 380 876/1). The 'scale of Charges’ reads as follows: WRITING TO THE GROCER 26; ANONYMOUS EXPRESS 10 DOWN; MUZZLING AN EDITOR DITTO; ASSISTING 555 COURT DITTO; MEMBERS TO AVOID A FINE A JOEY; TEARING DRESS TROUSERS AT A JAMBOREE £1 LOWEST; RUNNING A CIRCUS IN A CLUB LETTERS TO COMMITTEE, OIL CLOTH, ETC £12; CLEARING FOR NEXT BUT ONE OF KIN THE WAY £1 PER DIEM. Probably in Foochow or Amoy.

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