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English: The silent highwayman : Death rows on the Thames, claiming the lives of victims who have not paid to have the river cleaned up, during the Great Stink.
Français : The silent highwayman : la Mort rame sur la Tamise, réclamant la vie des victimes qui n'ont pas payé pour le nettoyage de la rivière, durant la Grande Puanteur.
"You Money or your Life"
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Source Original: Cartoon from Punch Magazine, Volume 35 Page 137; 10 July 1858
This copy: City and Water Blog
Author Punch Magazine
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Death, rowing though filthy waters on his small boat, claiming the lives of the sick

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