The English in distress. Fancy fair Hanover Square Rooms Dr Samuel Johnson Parnell was unpopular at the

Parnell was unpopular at the time owing to a forged letter in the Times which accused him of approving the Phoenix Park murders in Dublin

Interior view during a masqerade

while crowds line the banks to watch

His plumed helmet sits on the ground at his side and the royal standard is behind him

The English in distress. Fancy fair Hanover Square Rooms Dr Samuel Johnson Parnell was unpopular at the'The English in distress. Fancy fair Hanover Square Rooms', 1833. Scene inside Hanover Square Rooms showing the Grand Fancy Fair and Bazaar held in aid of the Society of Friends of Foreigners in Distress. In the background an orchestra and stalls can be seen while in the foreground a dense crowd surges.