London's Chocolate Houses

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The Gamsters at Whites' - The 6th episode of William Hogarth's 'Rake Progress'. Notice the smoke filling the room, yet the gamblers have more important things to think about - their vices.

Sketch of Whites Chocolate House, in The John Soane Museum.

The 17th century chocolate room in Hampton Court Palace: where chocolatier : Thomas Tosier worked.