for The Taming of the Duke

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Hogarth was a wonderful artist who etched many scenes from the period. Eloisa used his work in fashioning Hynd's Black Swan, the place where Cristobel gives her concert. Here's Hogarth's "The Tavern Scene", followed by Eloisa's description:

She saw now that it was an interesting room, lined with maps, mirrors and old portraits, with the air of a chamber designed for a more elegant fate than had befallen it. There was even a dusty old harp in one corner. Everything showed its age: cracks in the mirror glinted brightly in the light from two candles recklessly screwed to its frame; one of the lanterns to their right had fallen from its hook on the wall and lay in a cluster of glass, unheeded by the innkeeper.

 

This is Eloisa's Egg #14 - "collect" them all!