print; ticket

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Object Type: print; ticket
Museum number: 1931,1114.373
Title: Object: Frost Fair
Description: View of the frozen Thames, covered with blocks of ice, looking towards buildings on the south bank where a potter's or glassmaker's kiln emits clouds of smoke. In the foreground a crowd mills around a number of booths and tents, including three with signs lettered, "The Noble Art of Printing", "Frost Fare Coffie House" and "Friezland Coffee House"; in another tent a printer is at work on a press and prints are pinned around the entrance; to the right hangs a large screen apparently painted with scenes. In the background a man pulls a small carriage, others are skating and another is helped out of a hole in the ice; boats are frozen into the ice. In the foreground, on the left, another boy has fallen into a hole, and, and on the right, a man prepares to fling a cat; eight lines of verses engraved below. 28 January 1740 Etching and Engraving Below, a ticket with name 'Mrs Elizabeth Theobald' within a decorative border. 1740 Woodcut
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Production date: 1740
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique: engraving; etching; woodcut (ticket)
Dimensions: Height: 211 millimetres (image); Height: 345 millimetres (sheet); Width: 318 millimetres (image); Width: 330 millimetres
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Curator's comments: See 1868,0808.3638 for another impression and comment.
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Location: Not on display
Subjects: frost fair; satire; coffee-house; printshop; printmaking/printing; animal cruelty
Associated places: Associated with: London; Topographic representation of: River Thames
Associated events: Associated Event: Frost Fair 1740
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1931
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1931,1114.373

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