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fair

Also known as: fair; funfair; fairground; carousel; roller coaster; ferris wheel; roundabout; merry-go-round; country fair; village fair; agricultural fair; agricultural show; village fête; fête
Related terms: market/bazaar
Scope note: This subject covers village or country fairs and fêtes as well as funfairs. It should also be used for the rides or structures present at such events, or in public playgrounds, such as merry-go-rounds, etc. See also the Subject 'fête champêtre'.
Broader terms: x13310; leisure/entertainment
Narrower terms: frost fair

366 related objects

album; photographic print

Museum number: 2012,6079.1.12 |
Producer name: BIOG214397 Photographed by:Rev William Percy Hughes |
Production date: 1920s-1930s

almanac; print; book-illustration; satirical print

Museum number: 1856,0809.20 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPublished by:Charles Tilt |
Production date: 1837 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

badge

Museum number: 2000,0901.606 |
Authority: BIOG98147 Issuer:Save the Children |
Production date: 20thC |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

drawing

Museum number: 1876,0708.8 |
Producer name: BIOG44408 Drawn by:Thomas Rowlandson |
Production date: 1775-1827

drawing

Museum number: 1873,0712.1176 |
Producer name: BIOG17114 Drawn by:Henry Thomas Alken |
Production date: 1816-1831

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.540 |
Producer name: BIOG49664 Drawn by:Hendrik Verschuring |
Production date: 1642-1690

drawing

Museum number: Oo,10.167 |
Producer name: BIOG40764 Drawn by:Isaak Jansz van Ostade |
Production date: 1636-1649

drawing

Museum number: 1897,0615.13 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Pieter AngellisFormerly attributed to:Franz de Paula Ferg |
Production date: 1685-1734

drawing; album

Museum number: 1933,1014.147 |
Producer name: BIOG42319 Drawn by:James Pollard |
Production date: 1797-1867

drawing

Museum number: 1950,0311.1 |
Producer name: BIOG33105 Drawn by:Ernest Borough Johnson |
Production date: 1866-1949

drawing; album

Museum number: 1933,1014.245 |
Producer name: BIOG42319 Drawn by:James Pollard |
Production date: 1797-1867

drawing; album

Museum number: 1933,1014.246 |
Producer name: BIOG42319 Drawn by:James Pollard |
Production date: 1797-1867

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.1164 |
Producer name: BIOG29487 Drawn by:Jan van Goyen |
Production date: 1653

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1900,1231.1661 |
Producer name: BIOG42848 Drawn by:William Henry Pyne |
Production date: 1769-1803

drawing

Museum number: 1910,0212.86 |
Producer name: BIOG25938 Drawn by:Jean Duplessi-Bertaux |
Production date: 1747-1819

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1891,1117.10 |
Producer name: BIOG63250 Drawn by:George Cruikshank |
Production date: 1807-1878

drawing

Museum number: 1993,1002.23 |
Producer name: BIOG38535 Drawn by:David Milne |
Production date: 1912

drawing

Museum number: 1947,0729.1 |
Producer name: BIOG42866 Drawn by:Giacomo Quarenghi |
Production date: 1759-1817

drawing

Museum number: 1862,0614.583 |
Producer name: BIOG45250 Drawn by:George Scharf |
Production date: 1815-1860

drawing

Museum number: 1862,0614.582 |
Producer name: BIOG45250 Drawn by:George Scharf |
Production date: 1851

drawing

Museum number: 1993,1211.2 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Charles Robert LeslieFormerly attributed to:Cornelius Varley |
Production date: 1840-1841

drawing

Museum number: 1868,0328.330 |
Producer name: BIOG39693 Drawn by:Paul Sandby Munn |
Production date: 1811

drawing

Museum number: 1979,1215.22 |
Producer name: BIOG50337 Drawn by:James Ward |
Production date: 1769-1859

drawing

Museum number: 1940,0403.25 |
Producer name: BIOG21086 Drawn by:Dr Reginald Brown |
Production date: 1868

drawing

Museum number: 1862,0614.811 |
Producer name: BIOG45250 Drawn by:George Scharf |
Production date: 1818

drawing

Museum number: 1940,0403.22 |
Producer name: BIOG21086 Drawn by:Dr Reginald Brown |
Production date: 1868

drawing

Museum number: 1880,1113.3509 |
Producer name: BIOG44408 Drawn by:Thomas Rowlandson |
Production date: 1775-1827

drawing

Museum number: 1862,0614.743 |
Producer name: BIOG45250 Drawn by:George Scharf |
Production date: 1830

drawing

Museum number: 1862,0614.805 |
Producer name: BIOG45250 Drawn by:George Scharf |
Production date: 1827

drawing

Museum number: Nn,6.40 |
Producer name: BIOG44905 Drawn by:Paul Sandby |
Production date: 1745-1809

drawing

Museum number: 1846,0509.148 |
Producer name: BIOG34442 Drawn by:Philibert Benoît de La Rue |
Production date: 1725-1780

drawing

Museum number: 1992,1003.152 |
Producer name: BIOG44786 Drawn by:Gyula Sajó |
Production date: 1954

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.1176 |
Producer name: BIOG32239 Drawn by:Jan van Huchtenburg |
Production date: 1661-1733

drawing

Museum number: 1853,0813.41 |
Producer name: BIOG18696 Drawn by:Gerrit van Battem |
Production date: 1624-1684

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1891,1117.11 |
Producer name: BIOG63250 Drawn by:George Cruikshank |
Production date: 1807-1878

drawing

Museum number: SL,5236.55 |
Producer name: BIOG39115 Drawn by:Monogrammist SVGH |
Production date: 1600-1620

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1910,0212.278 |
Producer name: BIOG49003 Drawn by:Joseph Mallord William Turner |
Production date: 1827

drawing

Museum number: 1862,0614.1176 |
Producer name: BIOG45250 Drawn by:George Scharf |
Production date: 1820-1830

drawing

Museum number: 1940,0403.23 |
Producer name: BIOG21086 Drawn by:Dr Reginald Brown |
Production date: 1910

drawing

Museum number: 1940,0403.24 |
Producer name: BIOG21086 Drawn by:Dr Reginald Brown |
Production date: 1910

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1941,0712.2 |
Producer name: Drawn by:AnonymousFormerly attributed to:Thomas Loggon |
Production date: 1730

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1940,0403.26 |
Producer name: BIOG21086 Drawn by:Dr Reginald Brown |
Production date: 1868

drawing

Museum number: 1862,0614.810 |
Producer name: BIOG45250 Drawn by:George Scharf |
Production date: 1815-1860

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1868,0808.3193 |
Producer name: BIOG44408 Drawn by:Thomas Rowlandson |
Production date: 1811-1816

drawing

Museum number: 1934,0705.1 |
Producer name: BIOG33105 Drawn by:Ernest Borough Johnson |
Production date: 1913

model

Museum number: Am1978,15.658 |
Production date: 1970s |
Production place: Made in:Mexico (state)

model

Museum number: Am1986,06.423 |
Production date: 1980s |
Production place: Made in:Mexico City

notgeld

Museum number: 2006,0405.1519 |
Authority: BIOG168375 Issuer:Municipality of Suderholz |
Production date: 1919 |
Production place: Issued in:Suderholz

painting; handscroll

Museum number: 1913,0501,0.47 |
Cultures/periods: x13823 Edo Period |
Production date: 18thC |
Production place: Made in:Japan

papercut

Museum number: Am1986,06.486.a-d |
Production date: 1980s |
Production place: Made in:San Salvador HuixcolotlaRetailed in:Atlixco

papercut

Museum number: Am1989,12.432.a-c |
Production date: 1980s |
Production place: Made in:San Salvador HuixcolotlaRetailed in:Atlixco

photographic print

Title: J M Booth |
Museum number: Oc,B137.246 |
Producer name: BIOG185135 Photographed by:J M Booth |
Production date: 1930s |
Production place: Photographed in:Glenelg (Australia)

photographic print

Title: J M Booth |
Museum number: Oc,B137.249 |
Producer name: BIOG185135 Photographed by:J M Booth |
Production date: 1930s |
Production place: Photographed in:Glenelg (Australia)

photographic print; album

Title: J M Booth |
Museum number: Oc,A65.286 |
Producer name: BIOG185135 Photographed by:J M Booth |
Production date: 1930s |
Production place: Photographed in:Toronto

postcard; photographic print

Museum number: EPH-ME.7181 |
Producer name: BIOG215271 Published by:Raymond Bensoor |
Production date: 1966 |
Production place: Published in:Aden

postcard

Museum number: EPH-ME.1991 |
Production date: 2013 |
Production place: Published in:Kuwait

postcard; photographic print

Museum number: EPH-ME.4027 |
Producer name: BIOG235799 Published by:Foto Magic Ltd |
Production date: 1990s |
Production place: Published in:Muscat (city)

postcard; photographic print

Museum number: EPH-ME.5361 |
Producer name: BIOG220336 Published by:The Cairo Postcard Trust |
Production date: 1920s-1930s |
Production place: Published in:Cairo

postcard

Museum number: EPH-ME.1776 |
Producer name: BIOG220335 Published by:B Livadas & Coutsicos |
Production date: 1920s-1930s |
Production place: Published in:Cairo

print

Title: Theatrum Artis Pictoriae |
Museum number: 1850,1021.90 |
Producer name: Print made by:Anton Joseph PrennerAfter:David Rijckaert III |
Production date: 1728

print

Title: Landscapes with village scenes |
Museum number: 1914,0406.37 |
Producer name: Print made by:Johannes van Doetecum IPrint made by:Lucas van Doetecum |
Production date: 1562

print; book-illustration

Title: Boulevards extérieurs Pendant la pluie |
Museum number: 1896,0522.27 |
Producer name: BIOG35551 Block cut by:Auguste Lepère |
Production date: 1895

print; satirical print

Title: Le Départ de Calicot pour le Combat |
Museum number: 2010,7054.2 |
Producer name: BIOG198407 After:Alexandre |
Production date: 1817 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: La Fête du village Douzième Album lithographique |
Museum number: 1861,1012.786 |
Producer name: Print made by:Hippolyte BellangéPrinted by:Gihaut Frères |
Production date: 1832 |
Production place: Printed in:Paris (France)Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Chevaux conduits à la foire Études de chevaux |
Museum number: 1941,1213.619 |
Producer name: Print made by:Théodore GéricaultPrint made by:Léon Cogniet |
Production date: 1822 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Vue des montagnes de glace pendant le Carneval à Moscou |
Museum number: 1867,1214.1567 |
Producer name: Print made by:Georg OberkoglerAfter:Gérard de La Barthe |
Production date: 1799

print

Museum number: X,4.168 |
Producer name: BIOG21725 Print made by:Jacques Callot |
Production date: 1620

print

Title: The Roundabout, Bruges |
Museum number: 1943,1211.180 |
Producer name: BIOG20732 Print made by:Sir Frank Brangwyn |
Production date: 1910

print

Title: Vue de la Place de Podnovinsky à Moscou |
Museum number: 1867,1214.1568 |
Producer name: Print made by:Heinrich GuttenbergAfter:Gérard de La Barthe |
Production date: 1799

print

Museum number: 1861,0713.854 |
Producer name: BIOG21725 Print made by:Jacques Callot |
Production date: 1622

print

Title: Coney Island |
Museum number: 1992,1107.3 |
Producer name: BIOG46154 Print made by:Harry Shokler |
Production date: 1942

print

Title: Steeplechase swings |
Museum number: 1979,1006.48 |
Producer name: BIOG37352 Print made by:Reginald Marsh |
Production date: 1934

print

Title: Merry-go-round |
Museum number: 1979,1006.36 |
Producer name: BIOG37352 Print made by:Reginald Marsh |
Production date: 1930

print; portfolio

Title: Kermesse à Watermael Trente-cinq eaux-fortes originales |
Museum number: 1927,0712.97.6 |
Producer name: BIOG51672 Print made by:Rik Wouters |
Production date: 1911

print

Title: Dragons at Mitcham fair |
Museum number: 1936,0613.77 |
Producer name: BIOG24366 Print made by:Ann Chassar Dallas |
Production date: 1936

print

Title: St Catherine's Hill, near Guildford, Surrey Picturesque Views in England and Wales |
Museum number: 1894,0226.61 |
Producer name: After:Joseph Mallord William TurnerPrint made by:James Harfield Kernot |
Production date: 1832

print

Title: Foire de la Grotta Ferrata Galerie du Palais Royal |
Museum number: 1917,1208.1936 |
Producer name: Printed by:Charles MottePrint made by:François Bellay |
Production date: 1825-1829 |
Production place: Printed in:Paris (France)

print

Museum number: 1848,0911.204 |
Producer name: Print made by:Constantyn Daniël van RenesseFormerly attributed to:Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger |
Production date: 1641-1680

print; broadside

Title: Paye qui Tombe Die eerst valt betaelt de Speelman, die laest, de |
Museum number: 1864,0813.283 |
Producer name: BIOG31987 Print made by:Romeyn de Hooghe |
Production date: 1689

print; book-illustration

Title: Exposition des chiens Là furent les Tuileries! |
Museum number: 1896,0522.31 |
Producer name: BIOG35551 Block cut by:Auguste Lepère |
Production date: 1895

print

Title: Home building center - N.Y. World's Fair |
Museum number: 1947,1028.15 |
Producer name: BIOG28955 Print made by:Gordon W Gilkey |
Production date: 1939

print

Title: Southwold Fair |
Museum number: 2003,0602.49 |
Producer name: BIOG30161 Print made by:Allan Gwynne-Jones |
Production date: 1927

print

Title: Home furnishings building - N.Y. World's Fair |
Museum number: 1947,1028.16 |
Producer name: BIOG28955 Print made by:Gordon W Gilkey |
Production date: 1939

print

Title: Holländisches Volksfest |
Museum number: 1859,0514.768 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry RitterPublished by:Lithographisches Institut von Arnz & Co |
Production date: 1850s |
Production place: Published in:Düsseldorf (city)

print

Title: Hall of the Petroleum Industry - N.Y. World's Fair |
Museum number: 1947,1028.40 |
Producer name: BIOG28955 Print made by:Gordon W Gilkey |
Production date: 1939

print

Title: Louth, Lincolnshire Picturesque Views in England and Wales |
Museum number: 1889,0724.191 |
Producer name: After:Joseph Mallord William TurnerPrint made by:William Radclyffe |
Production date: 1829

print

Title: N.Y. World's Fair - commemorating the inauguration of George Washington |
Museum number: 1947,1028.9 |
Producer name: BIOG28955 Print made by:Gordon W Gilkey |
Production date: 1939

print

Museum number: 1980,U.1687 |
Producer name: BIOG40763 Print made by:Adriaen van Ostade |
Production date: 1654

print; broadside; satirical print

Title: De Verreeze Frederik Hendrik ouwerwets Patroon der Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid |
Museum number: 1868,0808.9694 |
Production date: 1720

print

Museum number: 1861,0713.848 |
Producer name: BIOG21725 Print made by:Jacques Callot |
Production date: 1624

print

Title: The fair |
Museum number: 1960,0409.600 |
Producer name: BIOG50978 Print made by:Lilian Whitehead |
Production date: 1920-1840

print

Title: Jahrmarkt |
Museum number: 1987,0516.44 |
Producer name: BIOG29935 Print made by:Rudolf Grossmann |
Production date: 1900-1920

print; satirical print

Title: The Raree Show executed for the benefit of Mr Somebody at the expence of John Bull |
Museum number: J,4.16 |
Producer name: Print made by:William DentPublished by:William Moore |
Production date: 1788

print

Title: The Fair Everyman Prints |
Museum number: 1940,0221.23 |
Producer name: BIOG48867 Print made by:Henry Trivick |
Production date: 1940

print; satirical print

Title: The Raree Show executed for the benefit of Mr Somebody at the expence of John Bull |
Museum number: 1868,0808.5686 |
Producer name: Print made by:William DentPublished by:William Moore |
Production date: 1788

print

Title: The negro dentist |
Museum number: 1960,0409.375 |
Producer name: BIOG50589 Print made by:Geoffrey Heath Wedgwood |
Production date: 1925

print

Museum number: 1861,0713.850 |
Producer name: BIOG21725 Print made by:Jacques Callot |
Production date: 1624

print; portfolio

Title: Wooden Horses Thirty Etchings and Engravings |
Museum number: 1979,1006.52 |
Producer name: BIOG37352 Print made by:Reginald Marsh |
Production date: 1936

print

Museum number: 1862,1108.6 |
Producer name: After:Jean Baptiste BénardPrint made by:Abbé Jean Claude Richard de Saint-Non |
Production date: 1755

print

Title: Children's carnival |
Museum number: 1987,0725.21 |
Producer name: BIOG34668 Print made by:Paul Landacre |
Production date: 1946

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