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Daniel Mendoza & Richard Humphreys, 1790

Daniel Mendoza & Richard Humphreys, 1790

Dan beating the Phillistines

Dan beating the Phillistines, 1792

A book label from Wright's Circulating Library, Bodleian Library, Douce Portfolio 139 (808). Permission of the Bodleian Library.

A book label from Wright's Circulating Library

Thomas Rowlandson, ‘The Jockey Club or Newmarkert Meeting’, 1811

The Jockey Club or Newmarkert Meeting, 1811

Court of Equity Betting Book, 1772

Court of Equity Betting Book, 1772

White’s ‘Betting-book’

Insurance on Lives, satirical playing-card, 1720

Robert Hooke, ‘The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam] at Moorfields, London: seen from the north, with people walking in the foreground’, Wellcome Collection Gallery, 25642i, about 1750.

The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam] at Moorfields, London, c. 1750.

After William Hoare, ‘Richard (‘Beau’) Nash’, © National Portrait Gallery London, NPG 1537, 1761.

Richard (‘Beau’) Nash, 1761.

Richard Dighton, ‘Beau Brummell’, Wikimedia Commons, Watercolour, 1805, scanned from Priestley’s The Prince of Pleasure by H. Churchyard.

Beau Brummell, 1805

Thomas Malton Jr., 'Queen Square

Bath, Queen Square, 1784

‘Premieres danseuses and their admirers in the Green Room of the King's Theatre Opera House’,1822, Mary Evans Picture Library, 4220-21915208.

Premieres Danseuses in the King's Theatre Opera House,1822

Vignette from Thomas Rowlandson, ‘This is the House that Jack Built’, 1809, The British Museum, 1868,0808.7878.

This is the House that Jack Built, 1809

‘Covent Garden Theatre’, 1808

Covent Garden Theatre, 1808

Catalogue of the Most remarkable Collection of Prints ever offered to the public, for Greenwood’s auction sale of 1786

Catalogue of Prints for Greenwood’s Auction sale of 1786

Thomas Rowlandson, ‘Christie's Auction Room

Christie's Auction Room, 1808

Thomas Rowlandson, ‘A Master of the Ceremonies Introducing a Partner’, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 59.533.500, 1795.

Master of the Ceremonies Introducing a Partner, 1795

Grand Assembly Room in Blake Street, 1759

Grand Assembly Room in Blake Street, 1759

Affray at Ascot, 1843

Ascot Races Affray, 1843

Pic-nic Party, At Ascot Races’, The Illustrated London News (London, vol.1, Jan-Jun 1844, p. 368)

Ascot Races Picnic, 1844

The Illustrated London News (London, vol.1, Jan-Jun 1844).

Ascot Races in The Illustrated London, 1844

Letter from the 6th June 1792, from the Lord Sandwich concerning the Stand for his Royal Majesty the Prince of Wales at Ascot Races.

Manuscript letter on Ascot Races, 1792

James Pollard, ‘The Ascot Gold Cup’, 1834

The Ascot Gold Cup, 1834

George Stubbs, ‘Eclipse at Newmarket with a Groom and a Jockey’, 1770

Eclipse at Newmarket, 1770

B. Cole, ‘Portrait of Aphra Behn, after John Riley’, National Portrait Gallery, D30188, mid-18th century

Aphra Behn, mid-18th century

Maurice Ashley-Cooper; Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury

Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, c. 1701

Sir Godfrey Kneller, ‘Portrait of Alexander Pope’, 1722, St John's College, Cambridge.

Alexander Pope, 1722