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- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1733]
- Call Number:
- Hogarth 733.01.00.01++ Impression 1 Box 300
- Collection Title:
- Plate 31. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 31. Album of William Hogarth prints.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The scene is of the Southwark fairgrounds in London with attractions. A large sign "The Siege of Troy" hangs in front a church obscuring all but the steeple. A theatrical booth on the left collapses under the sign "The Stage of Mutiny ..."; a lantern sign reads "Ciber [sic] and Bullock's The Fall of Bajazet". There is a china shop, a rope dancer and rope-flyer, a quack doctor, a peepshow, a conjuror (Isaac Fawkes) and broadsword fighter on horseback; in the foreground a black boy plays a trumpet and a young woman a drum
- Alternative Title:
- Humours of a fair
- Description:
- Title and publisher from Paulson., Paulson cites an alternative title from Hogarth: Humours of a fair., and Found loose in Kinnaird
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Geographic):
- London (England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Social life and customs, Acrobats, Blacks, City & town life, Crowds, Entertainers, Fairs, Magicians, Peepshows, Puppet shows, Street musicians, and Theatrical productions
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Southwark Fair, or, The humours of a fair] [graphic]