print; newspaper/periodical

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Object Type: print; newspaper/periodical
Museum number: Heal,Topography.98
Title: Object: Frost Fair on the Thames, in 1814, from a drawing by Clennell
Description: View of the Frost Fair on the Thames during the Great Freeze of 1814, showing people revelling on the ice amongst stalls and tents, young children on rocking swings; St Paul's in the background to the right; afte Clennell. Wood-engraving with letterpress
Producer name: Print made by: Ebenezer Landells; After: Luke Clennell
School/style
Production date: 1814-1830
Materials
Technique: wood-engraving; letterpress
Dimensions: Height: 160 millimetres; Width: 235 millimetres (image)
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: Mounted above is an extract from a newspaper, presumably that from which the illustration was taken.
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated places: Topographic representation of: London
Associated events: Associated Event: Frost Fair 1814
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1960
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: Heal,Topography.98

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