A view of Frost Fair, held on the Thames the beginning of February, 1814

lwlpr33651 (1024x726)

“View on the Thames during the 1814 Frost Fair; tents erected on the ice; people making merry in tents around fire or on the ice outside; street traders selling goods at fair; a man playing skittle in foreground, figures slipping or falling through cracks in ice behind; Blackfriars Bridge in background, with St Paul’s to the right.”–British Museum online catalogue.

  • TitleA view of Frost Fair, held on the Thames the beginning of February, 1814 [graphic].
  • Publication[London : Published by T. Batchelar, 115 Long Alley, Moorfields, London, February 1814]

Catalog Record & Digital Collection

814.02.00.02

Acquired February 2016

The Piccadilly nuisance!

Click for larger image

  • Printmaker: Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker.
  • Title: The Piccadilly nuisance! [graphic] : dedicated to the worthy, acting magistrates of the district / G. Cruikshank sculpt.
  • Published: [London] : Pubd. by Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket, Augt. 1st, 1835.

Catalog Record & Digital Collection

835.08.01.50+

Acquired April 2013