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Bartholomew Fair, site of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, pictured in 1721. Aquatint with etching after T. Loggon, c. 1824 (?).

Bartholomew fair in London represented as a place where crowds of people watch entertainments inspired by the devil, and indulge in drunkenness and fighting; demons incite them to crime. Etching by George Cruikshank, 1832.

Bartholomew Fair, London: scene of night-time revelry at the fair in Smithfield, outside St Bartholomew's Hospital. Coloured aquatint by J. Bluck after A. Pugin and T. Rowlandson, 1808.

By the King. A proclamation prohibiting the keeping of Bartholomew Fayre, Sturbridge Fayre, and Our Lady Fayre in Southwarke.

By the King. A proclamation prohibiting the keeping of Bartholomew Faire, and Sturbridge Faire.

By the Queene. The Queenes most excellent Maiestie in her princely nature, considering how dangerous a matter it is by continuance of the faire called Bartholomew faire.

By the King, a proclamation prohibiting the keeping of Bartholomew Fair and Sturbridge Fair.

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Bartholomew Fair, site of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, pictured in 1721. Aquatint with etching after T. Loggon, c. 1824 (?).

By the King. A proclamation prohibiting the keeping of Bartholomew Fayre, Sturbridge Fayre, and Our Lady Fayre in Southwarke.

By the King. A proclamation prohibiting the keeping of Bartholomew Faire, and Sturbridge Faire.

By the Queene. The Queenes most excellent Maiestie in her princely nature, considering how dangerous a matter it is by continuance of the faire called Bartholomew faire.

By the King, a proclamation prohibiting the keeping of Bartholomew Fair and Sturbridge Fair.