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Frost fair, 3rd February, 1814. Description based on Dorothy George: View of the Thames during a Frost Fair, St Pauls in the distance. Tents include 'The Free and Easy on the Ice' and 'Wellington for Ever Good Ale'. The barber has a tent placarded 'Shave Well'. Two badged watermen are conspicuous, one holding a bottle of 'Old Tom' [gin]. Below the title are doggerel verses which end: 'Now to conclude my Icy song I'm glad to see the frost is gone, And ships and barges all afloat And watermen rowing of their boats Black diamond barges to appear That coals they may not be so dear So toss a bumper off with cheer And bid adieu to Frosty Fair.' . A view of Frost fair as it appeared on the ice on the River Thames Feby. 3rd 1814. Published March 19 1814 by J Pitts, No. 14 Great St Andrew Street, Seven Dials,. 1 print : woodcut ; 340 x 457 mm. Source: 840.m.27.(1.) B.Fold-out.

Frost fair, 3rd February, 1814. Description based on Dorothy George: View of the Thames during a Frost Fair, St Pauls in the distance. Tents include 'The Free and Easy on the Ice' and 'Wellington for Ever Good Ale'. The barber has a tent placarded 'Shave Well'. Two badged watermen are conspicuous, one holding a bottle of 'Old Tom' [gin]. Below the title are doggerel verses which end: 'Now to conclude my Icy song I'm glad to see the frost is gone, And ships and barges all afloat And watermen rowing of their boats Black diamond barges to appear That coals they may not be so dear So toss a bumper off with cheer And bid adieu to Frosty Fair.'  . A view of Frost fair as it appeared on the ice on the River Thames Feby. 3rd 1814. Published March 19 1814 by J Pitts, No. 14 Great St Andrew Street, Seven Dials,. 1 print : woodcut ; 340 x 457 mm. Source: 840.m.27.(1.) B.Fold-out.
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Frost fair, 3rd February, 1814. Description based on Dorothy George: View of the Thames during a Frost Fair, St Pauls in the distance. Tents include 'The Free and Easy on the Ice' and 'Wellington for Ever Good Ale'. The barber has a tent placarded 'Shave Well'. Two badged watermen are conspicuous, one holding a bottle of 'Old Tom' [gin]. Below the title are doggerel verses which end: 'Now to conclude my Icy song I'm glad to see the frost is gone, And ships and barges all afloat And watermen rowing of their boats Black diamond barges to appear That coals they may not be so dear So toss a bumper off with cheer And bid adieu to Frosty Fair.' . A view of Frost fair as it appeared on the ice on the River Thames Feby. 3rd 1814. Published March 19 1814 by J Pitts, No. 14 Great St Andrew Street, Seven Dials,. 1 print : woodcut ; 340 x 457 mm. Source: 840.m.27.(1.) B.Fold-out.
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