'One of the Advantages of Oil over Gas', 1821. Artist: Richard Dighton

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'One of the Advantages of Oil over Gas', 1821. A lamplighter is mounted on a ladder, engaged in filling a lamp with oil; momentarily distracted, he pours the oil over a passing citizen. Plate III of A London Nuisance.

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