'The Cock-pit', 1759. Artist: William Hogarth.

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'The Cock-pit', 1759. Cockfighting enthusiasts from a cross-section of society gamble and squabble. The blind Lord Albemarle Bertie (centre) is being robbed by a figure taking a note out of his upturned hat. From William Hogarth, by Austin Dobson. [Hachette Et Cie, Paris, 1904]

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