Regency dandies in a commotion at Epsom Downs Racecourse. A traffic jam of gigs and carriages, gamblers around a table, and a horse race in the background. Epsom Races. Showing Bob how to drive a tandem. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Henry Alken from Real Life in London, or, the Further Rambles and Adventures of Bob Tallyho, Esq. and His Cousin The Hon. Tom Dashall, through the Metropolis, Jones, London 1821. Anonymous imitation of Pierce Egan’s Life in London.

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