Frost Fair, held on the Thames, February, 1814[3 February 1814]eng""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, accessed 10/3/2025Title from text below image.The caption below the image and title is: The beginning of the year 1814 was remarkable for the severity of the weather: in the beginning of February, the Thames being choked up with Ice, and in many places completely frozen over, booths were erected in all directions between London and Blackfriars bridges; Bullocks and sheep were roasted whole, and all the usual sports and festivities of a fair were kept up for several days.Laid on to card with an additional Frost Fair letterpress souvenir (sheet 35 x 75 mm), "Printed on the River Thames, Feb. 3, 1814" laid down.Woodcut with letterpress text.For a colored impression with same woodblock, but with differing text and address for printer, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1867,0511.100.