Best Mode of Going to Bartholomew Fair prison Interior view of the Ironmongers

Interior view of the Ironmongers Hall

View of Euston Station in Euston Square

Almanacs were published yearly and contained a calendar as well as information regarding the phases of the moon and stars

Entrance gate in Bunhill Row

Best Mode of Going to Bartholomew Fair prison Interior view of the Ironmongers'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