'An Unlucky Hit', 1821. Artist: Richard Dighton

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'An Unlucky Hit', 1821. Plate VI of A London Nuisance. A porter walks blindly along a street, carrying a cupboard or wardrobe, with the corner of which he has struck a lady in the forehead, to the consternation of an approaching gentleman.

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