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Historian of celebrity during the Regency era, Wanstead House & the scandalous life of William Long-Wellesley. Roofer, Father, Londonist & Eejit #uniwestminster
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Scharf captures the rather boozy chairing ritual of Sir Francis Burdett as it headed down the Strand in following his election to Parliament for Westminster in the summer of 1818

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Ungracious in defeat?
A non too flattering portrait of the Duke of Wellington as drawn by a French artist in 1840, showing him at his writing desk with the 'Capitulation of Paris, 1815' strewn on the floor beneath him.

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Scharf's study of three yeomen at the Kings Mews Charing Cross is unusual as the figure on the right looks like a woman, not to mention the bloke on the left who seems to be doing some street advertising in his spare time, (1830)

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Forget the hard hats, bring your top hats instead!

A site meeting between the architect and builders designing and constructing the Royal College of Surgeons building in Lincolns Inn Fields by George Scharf 1834

(The one on the right has obvs been asked to make the tea)

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How to cover your arse prior to combat:
In a depot at Soho Square, ladies are fitting soldiers with warm caps and undergarments prior to their departure for Flanders, November 18th 1793

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Meanwhile at the Johnson residence, Stanley advises Boris to get a grip following his shattering break-up with Dominic

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The One Man Band, as seen in the Strand by Scharf c.1820

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Britain's Post Reality

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Danger! Men At Work!
Four labourers laying granite block paving in a street (Scharf, 1834)

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The West Gate as seen from the river, by Francis Grose, November 2nd 1766

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As its almost here is the ghost of Queen Elizabeth scaring the life out of Bonaparte with her warning about the outcome of the last attempt to invade Britain, published in July 1803

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