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

with stables and a kitchen garden to the right

Ships ride at anchor in the dock

View of the Public Record Office

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