The Mysteries of the Court of London
A serialized penny novel of urban scandal and aristocratic vice by G. W. M. Reynolds, issued in London around 1850 for a mass working-class readership. The wood engravings stage two- and three-figure confrontations in curtained drawing rooms and bedrooms, with frock coats, wide skirts, chandeliers and draped tables; useful for period costume silhouettes, melodramatic gesture, and small interior props.
