Regency dandies in a gambling hell, 40 Pall Mall, London. Gentlemen playing card games and betting at green baize tables. A Modern Hell, Bob’s first introduction to gaming. 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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