A General Fast in consequence of the War!! Lord John Russell View of the Chinese Pavilions

View of the Chinese Pavilions and boxes in Vauxhall Gardens

whilst a couple of dogs in the foreground mimic the bride and groom

Sir James Duke

Rear view of three women

A General Fast in consequence of the War!! Lord John Russell View of the Chinese Pavilions'A General Fast in consequence of the War!!', 1794. Two separate views: Lambeth, showing an archbishop and his family gorging at the dinner table; and Spitalfields, showing a weaver and his family in rags and starving. There was great distress among the Spitalfields weavers at the end of the 18th century and the clergy were accused of indifference to their plight.