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Auction houses [ Trade ]
… dominate the secondary market thanks to an unprecedented influx of money and represented an opportunity for speculation. Family fortunes were disseminated, and family seats emptied in front of an audience that remained for a large part anonymous – indeed, bidders could be agents …
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Covent Garden [ Institutions ]
… embodied by John Wilkes, although it was with the election of Charles James Fox in 1780 that political issues overtook family interests as the principal driver of electoral outcomes. Fox’s speeches at the hustings swayed the electorate and …
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Drury Lane [ Sports & Leisure / Cities ]
Audience | Coffeehouses | Fame | Rioting | Theatre
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