Best Mode of Going to Bartholomew Fair, c1825. Artist: Theodore Lane

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Best Mode of Going to Bartholomew Fair, c1825. Artist: Theodore Lane

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 therefore protect him from the crush as he clears his way with the club

Media ID 15172068

© London Metropolitan Archives (City of London) / Heritage-Images

Barrel Barrels Bartholomew Fair Clog Clogs Club Cudgel Fair Funfair Humorous Ireland Irish Pipe Racism Racist Self Interest Spike St Bartholomews Fair Theodore Theodore Lane

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