Object types
print (scope note | all objects)
broadside (scope note | all objects)
Title (object)
An Exact and Lively Mapp or Representation of Booths and all the varieties of showes and humours upon the Ice on the River of Thames by London ... Anno Dm. MDCLXXXIII.
Materials
paper (all objects)
Techniques
etching (scope note | all objects)
Production person
Published by William Warter (biographical details | all objects)
Production place
Published in London (scope note | all objects)
Date
1684
Schools /Styles
British (all objects)
Description
View of the Thames in the winter; groups of people skating, driving carriages and sleighs and walking around stalls arranged in two rows, with bridge in the background, text within cartouche above and text below. 1684
Etching
Inscriptions
Inscription Content: Lettered with title, explanatory text below image, text within image and publication line: "Printed for and Sold by William Warter stationer at the signe of the Talbott over against Fatter Lane End in Fleet Street London".
Dimensions
Height: 377 millimetres
Width: 425 millimetres
Curator's comments
The Thames froze in January 1683/4.
For comment on the Frost Fair see 1880,1113.1768
Subject
skating (scope note | all objects)
frost fair (all objects)
Associated names
Associated with Charles II, King of England (biographical details | all objects)
Associated events
Associated Event Frost Fair
1684
Associated places
Topographic representation of London (scope note | all objects)
Acquisition date
1862
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