Picture No | 11963819 |
Date | 19th century |
Description | Bartlemy Fair by C. Green |
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The famous Bartholomew Fair situated in London's Smithfield until 1855, when it was suppressed as a public nuisance. An 1827 description of the fair by William Hone offers the following description of the fair - "Now arrives the Saturnalia of nondescript noise and nonconformity."
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Source | Illustration by C. Green in The Illustrated London News, Christmas number 1945 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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