Engraving of a bare room with several people lying in a crowded bed and a small child standing in the foreground.

A Morning Walk in the Metropolis, engraved interior

An engraved interior shows a bare, dilapidated room with a latticed window, a low bench, and a fireplace at right. Several people lie together in a crowded bed while a small child stands in the foreground, beneath the printed caption "A Morning Walk in the Metropolis."

Artist: John Coakley Lettsom
Date: 1801 [1802?]
Medium
Source: Wellcome Collection
Size: 4000 × 2842 px

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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1812.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

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