Skating, the Hard Frost and the Fire-plug

Skating, the Hard Frost and the Fire-plug. Apprentices and dandies ice skating on a frozen canal 82, woman with kettle at a frozen waterpump in a cold winter 83 and boys playing with a fire hydrant or water-plug in the street 84. Woodcut engraving after an illustration by Isaac Taylor from City Scenes, or a Peep into London, by Ann Taylor and Jane Taylor, published by Harvey and Darton, Gracechurch Street, London, 1828. English sisters Ann and Jane Taylor were prolific Romantic poets and writers of children's books in the early 19th century

Bicorn Darton Disabled Educational Frost Greenwich Peep Pegleg Pensioners Plug Tankard Wapping Wharf Woodblock

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