Regency dandies watching a bear baited by dogs. Charley oversees the sport, while dog owners wait to unleash their dogs on the bear. The Country Squire taking a Peep at Charley’s Theatre Westminster, where the Performers are of the Old School. 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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