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I tried something different in this one. I printed some paintings from that time period, sized them up, cut them out and glued them down onto the drawing. I wish I had bumped up the contrast because it was hard to see the details in them. I had to draw into them but 2 of them still ended up looking like a jumbled mess.
The first one (from left to right) is "The Decadence of Rome" by Jacques Louis David' from around 1847. The second one is "Fur Traders Descending the Missouri" by George Caleb Bingham (one of my favorite artists) from 1845. The third one is "Intervention of the Sabine Women" also from by Jacques Louis David', done around 1799.
I kind of messed up on the arrangement of them too. Since the picture is arranged in a timeline, from 1840 on the left to 1849 on the right, I should have put the paintings in reverse order, oh well.
I also don't like how the young girl drinking came out. I made her eyes too close together.

Other than that, I think there is a lot in this one that came out well. The woman in the middle-ground under the first painting just farted and is blushing. The guys on either side of her are showing their disgust.
I like how the doggie came out and I love how the woman standing above him came out too. The old guy behind her snuck up on her and scared her.
I also love the dress on the woman sitting on the bar on the right side. That's me kissing the girl next to her and the couple above me are 2 women who have had one too many. The guys on either side are leering at them and the guy above them is telling his mom about them just to shock her. "Hey, check them out ma"
The clergyman is raising his crucifix to hit the fat guy. He's one of his parishoners who promised the preacher he wouldn't drink any more.The clerical costume is accurate for this time period but I don't know which denomination it is.
The woman in the middle is a crazy lady talking to her pet chicken. She's saying "You poop on the bar ONE more time and you're sleeping outside." I needed something to fill the empty space on the bar other than bottles and glasses, so I drew a few baby chicks, then just kept adding one after the other.