Dr Greg Robertsさんのイラストまとめ

Do You Feel Lucky, Punk?
Not Clint Eastwood, but Mr Dakin a distributor of somewhat banal religious tracts, looking rather menacing in a field near Deptford.
Mr Dakin was not in fact lucky - because he met his maker following a railway accident at Greenwich on May 1st 1837

5/5 Last but best of all - Here is Wykeham Archer's portrait of a young apprentice who probably granted him access to the old Houndstich mansion for a glimpse of its interiors before sentence of death was performed #London 1844

2/5 Wykeham Archer's sketch of the stairs from the soon-to-be-demolished Houndsditch mansion #London (1844)

A Minutes Silence Please
For the victims of the Putney Disaster, 21st August 1786 whereby a first date went tragically wrong for a couple who failed to realise that the Thames is a tidal river .and not a carriage park

Meanwhile in a parallel universe the Duke of Wellington's finely observed impersonation of Kenneth Williams fails to impress a French jurer at the Cannes Film Festival, July 1830

Despite the best efforts of the Sunday Observance Society to suppress this working-class pastime, skittles is alive and well in rural areas #RegencyOlympics c.1820

A scene from the Somerset training camp of the sword-fighters - who are using sticks to prevent pre-tournament injury #RegencyOlympics c.1815

More controversy at the hill rolling tournament in Greenwich when proceedings are abandoned due to a glut of dirty old men seeking personal gratification. #RegencyOlympics #London c.1798

Meanwhile at the wrestling English champion Abraham Cann (who looks a bit like Lord Byron on steroids) is limbering up to grapple his next opponent into submission #RegencyOlympics #London c.1820

Then we have Oxford, where visitors will discover that being a Commoner is somehow elevated to aspirational status (1813)