2-636-822 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Southwark Fair', 1733. A crowd is enjoying the festivities in Borough High Street, near St George the Martyr, Southwark, London. Among the figures are a group of actors falling from a stage to the left, a man on a tightrope behind, a performing dog and musicians in the foreground. The fair was held for two weeks in September, but was abolished in 1762. From William Hogarth, by Austin Dobson. [Hachette Et Cie, Paris, 1904]