Sujet

Peterborough Bridge Fair, 1844. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Peterborough Bridge Fair, 1844. Annual fair held at Peterborough in Cambridgeshire, '...on the Huntingdon side of the river Nene...sketched from Mr, Lawrence's tower. The fair is for horses and farming stock of all kinds; this portion occupying the foreground of the view; and the upper ground, on the other side of the road to Northampton, being appropriated to the pleasure fair...Here is a vast assemblage of booths, shows, and countless amusements for children of all growth...The site of that, which we here illustrate, will, however, soon be traversed by a railway; but, we trust, the old English festival will lose none of its attractions by being held in another place'. In the background is Saint Peter's Cathedral. From "Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol V.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM21A07_399

Model release

NA

Property release

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Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

42,1Mo (4,2Mo) / 42,0cm x 25,1cm / 4960 x 2967 (300dpi)

Mots clés

city England religious funfair entertainment religion livestock British cathedral church Christianity cityscape tent tents location Victorian century fair Britain newspapers press peterborough cambridgeshire B&W marquee marquees 19th century black & white black and white B W nineteenth century The Print Collector Illustrated London News TGN ILN newspaper engraving landscape Unknown Cathedral Church of St Peter St Paul and St Andrew Saint Peter's Cathedral