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Figure 2: Samuel Pepys by John Hayls, 1666, © National Portrait Gallery
Figure 3: Old Bailey Courthouse, Wikipedia
Figure 4: Waiting for the Times, 1831, by Benjamin Robert Haydon, Private Collection/Bridgeman Art
Waiting for the Times, 1831, by Benjamin Robert Haydon, Private Collection/Bridgeman Art
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