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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Catbert, post: 550853, member: 12718&quot;]Thank you, and to all who have commented.&nbsp; I&#039;m afraid I&#039;m becoming a one trick pony only starting threads about Conder tokens.&nbsp; I do hope I do not bore my readers.&nbsp; It is the history behind the piece that enriches my collecting experience.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Here is a sketch by George Romney titled &quot;John Howard Visiting a Lazaretto&quot; (a plague quarantine house) where Romney often showed a grim figure of a gaoler (prison guard on left), who represents superstition and despotism in contrast to the suffering humanity of the victims. Howard is shown interceding (Source:&nbsp; The Shadow of the Guillotine, David Bindman, page 170 - I own this book which is a fascinating review of British society during the French revolution).</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh297/IndianaCatbert/1794%20Hampshire%20Portsm%2055/johnhowardlazaretto_large.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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