Best Mode of Going to Bartholomew Fair Size:L: 80 x 60cm The country house of a

The country house of a Mr Smith seen from the Thames

with stables and a kitchen garden to the right

Interior view of the Innholders' Hall

showing an overcrowded Brighton coach about to leave the Belle Sauvage Inn

Best Mode of Going to Bartholomew Fair Size:L: 80 x 60cm The country house of a'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