Regency dandies looking at Roman and Greek statues, marbles and busts in the British Museum. Tom and Bob in search of the antique. Handcoloured copperplate engraving 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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