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John Wykeham Archer was a Victorian forerunner of @derelict_london - He loved to capture disappearing #London, such as this view of the old #Hackney home of Catholic Bishop Edmund Bonner (1500-1569) just prior to its demolition in September 1844
This young gallant is struggling to overcome high levels of chaperone security - therefore resorts to tickling his target awake whilst her monstrous minder takes a nap, #London September 8th 1797
A typical day in the life of the Prince Regent - seen here with Lady Hertford & Lord Yarmouth, watching 'Bingo and Scuttle' (winners of Britain's Got Talent, September 1814) doing their dramatic canine routine
Perhaps its time for the Queen to dust down her weapons and take to the field. Young Queen Victoria shows how its done when she dons her military clobber for the first time in September 1837
A French satire on the impending French invasion of Britain, featuring King George III cowering at the prospect of a duel with #Napoleon Bonaparte, August 27th 1803
Who did they think they were kidding?
Gillray reflects on the decade since the French Revolution, contrasting a deferential courtier of the 'ancien régime' (left) with the brash bludgeon-carrying confidence of new republicanism. Published in #London August 15th 1799
A very early English satire of #Napoleon, published in #London August 13th 1798, after false rumours of his capture in Egypt. Here Bonaparte is put on display by a delighted Charles James Fox, but Prime Minister Pitt looks much less interested
More Shakespearean drama at #Brighton on 7th August 1786 as the Prince of Wales receives the FAKE NEWS that his old man has been assassinated, and then rushes off to Windsor to claim his prize. King George III was not amused...
A fight between Lord Barrymore and the son of the manager (Fox) of the #Brighton Theatre occurred on the Steine, 27 July 1790. The Duke of York looks on as the Prince of Wales tells Barrymore to 'Man Up' and give his opponent a punch up the bracket
A gypsy party is gate-crashed by a bull who has seen enough of #LoveIslandUK Island to last him a lifetime, published in #London August 7th 1827