Frost Fair, held on the Thames, February, 1814

Description

Title: Frost Fair, held on the Thames, February, 1814
Contributor: Batchelar, T. active 1807-1828, printer, bookseller.
Published / Created: [3 February 1814]
Publication Place: London and England London
Publisher: Printed and sold by T. Batchelar, 14 Hackney Road Crescent
Abstract: ""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 10/3/2025
Description: Title 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.
Provenance: Jarndyce; Sept. 2025.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 23 x 20 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English