Dr Greg Robertsさんのイラストまとめ

If ventriloquism was your thing in the late Georgian era then look no further than James Burns, stage name Squeaking Tommy from Nottingham, who had a hand in some of the best-known talking puppets

Boxing Day Gambols
'First view the humour of the City,
Judge next if what they do is witty!'

A view in Cheapside #London December 26th 1747 - back in the good old days when being part of a crowd was fun

8/9 Not forgetting the drunken love overtures that follow

7/9 Time for a dance to overcome all that lovely food and drink

5/9 The Head Butler uncorks the wine ready for dinner

3/9 Whilst the rest of the old folks settle down for a nice game of cards

Lest We Forget
1/2 The Old Commodore of Tottenham Court Road
A portrait of a well-known black beggar, man wearing a long coat and with a wooden leg, right hand holding a hat and left hand resting on a broom handle
By William Fairland, #London c.1835

3/8 Three camels allowed out of their pen for good behaviour whilst recalcitrant goats and zebras languish behind unfeasibly low fences at Regent's park Zoological Gardens
Scharf #London (1835)

A peek inside the lovely interior of the Townley Gallery at the old @britishmuseum #London 1827 - which held an unrivalled collection of over 300 Greco-Roman statues. This gallery was demolished in 1845 when the Museum was rebuilt on its grander (modern) scale. (Scharf)

2/5 This second image features a trio of women in rustic dress, one playing a hurdygurdy and another a tambourine whilst the third holds up a collection cup #London Scharf c.1838