English gentleman held by two lawyers in wigs and gowns, Regency era. His pockets empty, Tom Takeall is tried in court and sent to Fleet prison for debt after the failure of his book of poems. Legal documents and books on the floor. Taking All. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and engraved by Richard Dagley from Takings, or the Life of A Collegian, John Warren, London, 1821.

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