Caption:
Actors in a gin palace at Bartholomew Fair, London. Actors in costume as Romans, Harlequin, clowns, etc, at a Regency tavern. A spiritual scene and full of characters. Proteus and his brother actors taking refreshment during the part intervals between performances at Batholomew Fair. Handcoloured engraving etched by Theodore Lane from Pierce Egans The Life of an Actor, Pickering and Chatto, London, 1892.