Fee Collection

Le bon temps est passé... 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Le bon temps est passe... 19th century. Parisians. Group of men looking at turnstile outside the stock exchange: The good times are over...nowadays, to get rich on the stock market

A College Scene, or a Fruitless Attempt on the Purse of Old Square-toes, [August 1, 1787], reissued July 1, 1802

A College Scene, or a Fruitless Attempt on the Purse of Old Square-toes, August 1, 1787

The expense of lawyers, 1770. A smug lawyer in a lace shirt about to eat an oyster while giving a half-shell to two miserable looking men; a reference to the high cost of legal fees

Is the Labourer worthy of his hire?, 1829. Artist: George Cruikshank
Is the Labourer worthy of his hire?, 1829. From Scraps & Sketches by George Cruikshank. [George Cruikshank, London, 1829]

The Doctors Bill, 1869. Artist: Charles Samuel Keene
The Doctors Bill, 1869. This cartoon harks back to the days when a fee was charged simply for consulting ones doctor. The Stout Cook complains that she had to wait for two hours in the doctors

Reversing the Proverb, 1864. Artist: John Tenniel
Reversing the Proverb, 1864. The Oyster where it ought to be, And Shell and Shell the Lawyers Fee. Here, the plaintiff whose case is settled is walking away with the oyster

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