'Original Beefeater', 1897. Creator: John Leech.

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'Original Beefeater', 1897. Soldier wearing a ruff and carrying a gun. From "The Comic History of England" by Gilbert Abbott A Beckett, with satirical illustrations by John Leech. [Bradbury, Agnew & Co, London, 1897]

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