Hablot Knight Browne was an English cartoonist. He was born in 1815 at Kennington and died in 1882. Better known by the pseudonym of Phiz, in 1835 he succeeded Seymour as the illustrator of Dickens's Pickwick, and was afterwards engaged to illustrate Nicholas Nickleby, Dombey and Son, Martin Chuzzlewit, David Copperfield, and other works of that author. He also illustrated the novels of Lever, Ainsworth, etc, besides sending many comic sketches to the illustrated serials of the time. Research Hablot Browne
The Association FootballCup (FA Cup) competition was inaugurated in 1871, being contested originally by fifteen clubs, all amateur, the first final being played at Kennington Oval in 1872 between the Wanderers and the Royal Engineers - the Wanderers winning 1-0, since 1923 it was played at WembleyStadium. In 1884 the cup was won by Blackburn Rovers, after which amateur teams started to fall out of the competition, The first final at Wembley was played in 1923 when Bolton Wanderers beat West Ham United FC 2-0. Research FA Cup
Vauxhall was a famous and fashionable public garden in Lambeth, London. The gardens were opened in 1660, and called New Spring Gardens and closed in 1859. Today, Vauxhall is a district of London on the Surrey side of the Thames, west and south-west of Kennington Oval. It was originally known as Faukes-hall, or Fulke's Hall, after a Norman knight, Fulke de Breaute, who owned the manor in the time of King John.. Research Vauxhall
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