Best Mode of Going to Bartholomew Fair Size:L: 80 x 60cm the worse for drink after

the worse for drink after attending the anniversary dinner of the Moralization and Melioration of the Metropolitan Population Association

View of the Public Record Office

Ships ride at anchor in the dock

Hungerford Bridge and Nelson's Column

King George IV riding through Hyde Park

Best Mode of Going to Bartholomew Fair Size:L: 80 x 60cm the worse for drink after'Best Mode of Going to Bartholomew Fair', c1825. A man wearing a spiked barrel, marked 'By Your Leave'. Possibly a derogatory comment on the Irish, as he is wearing green, and carries a wooden club, marked 'persuader', similar to an Irish shellailie. He smokes a pipe, wears clogs and has a ruddy face under a hat covered with a scarf. He is going to the famous Bartholomew Fair, which had a reputation for rowdiness and wild behaviour, the barrel will