Frost fairs
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Title
Frost fairs
Frost fairs
Reference
p7499451 (Collage 28026)
Date
Collection
London Metropolitan Archives: Main Print Collection
Description
View of the River Thames during the 1683-84 frost fair. Eating, drinking and entertainment booths can be seen stretching across the ice. Figures travel by horse-drawn coach, skates, boats with wheels and boats transformed into sledges. The item has been divided into 45 playing cards with instructions in the margins.
View of the River Thames during the 1683-84 frost fair. Eating, drinking and entertainment booths can be seen stretching across the ice. Figures travel by horse-drawn coach, skates, boats with wheels and boats transformed into sledges. The item has been divided into 45 playing cards with instructions in the margins.
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