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English: "The Ghost in the Looking Glass". Famous caricature showing a dressmaker and client who has just had her ballgown delivered. The client catches sight of the spectre of the dying/exhausted seamstress in the mirror who has stayed up all night in order to sew the gown. This cartoon highlights the sweated labour that went into producing many of the most fashionable dresses of the period.
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Source Cartoon published in Punch between 1858 and 1864, the containing volumes made freely available on Google Books
Author Published in Punch between 1858 and 1864
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