Fair Collection (page 40)

Bartholomew Fair (1721)
Coloured, semi-circular illustration of Bartholomew Fair (1721), with small text giving the history of the fair, published by J. F. Setchel, London, c1820. HPF/5C/47

The front of the Prater Fair Ground, Vienna
Undated photograph of the front of the Prater Fair Ground, Vienna. HPG/1/14/5 (vi)

Jugglers stall at a fair
Coloured print of etching, " Caroline Fair, or Mat Pudding and his Mountebank", showing a jugglers stall at a fair

Poster advertising a masked ball during a national fair in Switzerland, from 2 to 4 March 1936

Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey - Funfair
Funfair at Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey, with large ferris wheel and carousel rides

The Man Who Stole the Prize Marrow by H. M. Bateman
Humorous scene showing the interior of a tent at an agricultural show, with plants, vegetables and flowers arranged on trestle tables for judging, while a cheeky chap decides to abscond with a huge

Brussels trade fair advertising poster
Poster advertising a large trade fair in Brussels, Belgium in 1925 featuring purposeful looking businessmen and women walking around the city

1950s cosmetics
Two women wearing make up recommended for the skin tones. Above is make up devised by Helena Rubinstein for fair skins with all dark colours and black

Frost Fair Thames 1814
Frost fair on the Thames: it lasted from 31 January until 5 February 1814

Fair Game
Woman shooting men who are flying through the air like game

Burns / Lass O Ballochmyl
THE LASS OF BALLOCHMYLE With careless step I onward strayed, My heart rejoiced in natures joy, When musing in a lonely glade, A maiden fair I chanced to spy

Angels Ever Bright And Fair
A colour illustration for an advertisement depicting angels on a starlit cloud, welcoming a new angel to heaven

Kiddies Own Fun Fair Poster
Brightly coloured poster advertising a fun fair

Vanity Fair A La Mode by Charles Robinson
An illustration by Charles Robinson (1870-1937), brother of William Heath Robinson) of a fashion designer creating his collection in the open air

Merzifon, Turkey - Wrestling
Wrestling at the Annual Fair at Marsovan - former location of American School in Asia Minor. Known as Merzifon today. Capital of the Amasya Province in the central Black Sea region of Turkey

Circus on the move, c. 1888
Engraving showing a small group of circus performers on the move, with the circus packed into horse-drawn carts, heading for the next fair, c.1888

Italian Expedition
Napoleon descides to take personal charge of the French forces in Italy : he will make a pretty fair job of it

The Graphic Christmas Number front cover
A show man on a stage at a fair entertains crowds of ladies in crinolines and bonnets

Country Fair
Scene at a country fair, with performers and traders vying for fair-goers custom

Pierre Loti / V Fair 1895
PIERRE LOTI alias Louis-Marie-Julien VIAUD French naval officer and novelist

James Bryce / Vanity Fair
JAMES BRYCE British jurist, historian and diplomat

Dumas Fils / Van Fair 1879
ALEXANDRE DUMAS FILS French novelist

Jcp Bonaparte / Van Fair
JOSEPH-CHARLES-PAUL BONAPARTE Called Prince Napoleon, and nicknamed Plon-Plon, second son of Jerome

Chesterton / Van Fair 1912
GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON English journalist and writer

Michel Chevalier / V Fair
MICHEL CHEVALIER French political economist

Maxim / Hiram / Van Fair 04
SIR HIRAM STEVENS MAXIM British inventor, born in America, best known for the Maxim recoil-operated machine gun (1884)

Arthur Du Cros - Racing Cyclist
Arthur Du Cros - Du Cros was a racing cyclist, enthusiast of cars when they were invented, and founder of the Dunlop company

John Dillon / Van Fair 81
CHARLES STEWART PARNELL Irish Nationalist politician in jail with John Dillon

French Hiring Fair
La louee des gens de ferme : in the Charolais and other districts, farm servants are recruited at annual hiring fairs

Mitcham Fair 1930S
Workmen getting the roundabouts ready at Mitcham Fair, Surrey, England

Fable / Cat and Bat
The cat, having made a vow never to eat another bird, decides that the bat, as a bird is unlawful prey, but as a mouse it is fair game

Kidderminster Sheep Fair
Farmers chatting around sheep pens at the Kidderminster Sheep Fair, Worcestershire, England, where over 6, 000 sheep a year changed hands

Lady Queen Anne
Queen Anne, Queen Anne, she sits in the sun, as fair as a lily, as white as a swan; I send you three letters, so pray you read one

Pilgrims Progress 12
Christian in Vanity Fair

FROST FAIR OF 1683 / 4
A view of the Frost Fair held on the Thames. The stalls formed Friezland Street alias Blanket Fair and included a Tavern, Coffeehouse and Weavers

Festival Boating Lake
The Boating Lake and Fun Fair (note John Collins Big Dipper) at Battersea Pleasure Gardens, part of the Festival of Britain celebrations

To Pastures Anew / Sheep
Sheep being herded down a country road to pastures new - or perhaps to a fair or market

Siddons as Calista
SARAH SIDDONS actress as Calista in Nicholas Rowes The fair penitent

Mcewan, Vanity Fair
MR MCEWAN, Member of well-known brewing family

Artful Cards
A gullible looking young man in plus fours and flat cap is encouraged to bet on a three card trick by a group of Jewish touts

Gown of 1814 / Robida
A fair Parisienne of 1814 according to a later source, wears a green gown with scalloped hemline & ruff, a hat with large brim & rosette & a fringed shawl

Parade in Vladivostock
Sympathy for the revolution even in far-off Vladivostock where the May Day parade boasts its fair share of insurrectionary banners

Fair and Foul Weather
Fair weather and foul in northern latitudes

Gounod / Vanity Fair
CHARLES GOUNOD French musician and composer listening to Emotional Music

UPS-AND-DOWNS / FAIR / 1804
Early Amusement wheels (hand- turned) at a St Petersburg Fair, Russia

Merry-Go-Round / Russia
Early hand-turned Merry-Go- Round at a St Petersburg Fair, Russia

FAIR / WEST COUNTRY 1930 S
A West Country Fair (includes Ernest Hills 4-abreast Galloping Horses)

Fair / Car Ride, Kettering
An electric car ride in Kettering, United Kingdom

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