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| Picture No | 10823807 |
| Date | 1683 |
| Description | Frost Fair by Jan Griffier the Elder |
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The famous Frost Fair taking place on the frozen River Thames in London in 1683. Freezing to around eleven inches thick, the ice was strong enough to hold shops, stalls, coaches and sleds. The diarist John Evelyn describes bull-baiting, horse-and-coach races, puppet plays and tippling shops. In this painting by Jan Griffier the Elder, Westminster Abbey and Whitehall can be seen on the left and Lambeth Palace on the right.
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| Source | Painting by Jan Griffier the Elder reproduced in The Illustrated London News Christmas Number, 24 November 1930 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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