Beck Sharp by an unknown artist....
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The 'dragoons' are getting a hammering again! But they are a little more charming (and intellectually capable) than the frankly un-Hussar-like Rawdon. Was Thackeray embittered artist, do you think? Or purely an overly enthused literary malcontent with gastronomic challenges?