Southwark Fair mb-height 3650 Court of Aldermen and Common

Court of Aldermen and Common Council in the Guildhall Council Chamber

a wealthy gambler who is being robbed

Westminster Hall and Whitehall

'A Bas-Relief to Ovid'

On the right John Boydell and two companions run off furtively

Southwark Fair mb-height 3650 Court of Aldermen and Common'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 tight rope behind, a performing dog and musicians in the foreground. The fair was held for two weeks in September, and was abolished in 1762.