The Frost Fair from Bankside

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A View on the River Thames between London and Blackfriars Bridges in the hard Frost 1814

taken on the Spot at bankside February 4 1814.

THOMPSON, G[eorge]
London,
G[eorge] Thompson, No 43 Long Lane, Smithfield
Feb.y 7th, 1814.
Etching with contemporary hand-colour.
159 by 217mm (6.25 by 8.5 inches).
18166

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George Thompson's (d.1826) view of the Frost Fair on the frozen River Thames of 1814, is taken from Bankside, showing Blackfriars Bridge and St Paul's on the left, London Bridge, the Monument and St Magnus on the right. As with other views of the fair in its final days, the ice is full of tents and stalls, and people. The latter are slipping, sliding, swinging, and according to the key, "walking on the ice", "printing", and "playing at skittles". There is a tent offering "G...

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BM 1880,1113.1764

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