Sujet

View of the River Thames during the 1683-1684 frost fair, London, 1716. Artist: Anon

Légende

View of the River Thames during the 1683-1684 frost fair, London, 1716. Eating, drinking and entertainment booths can be seen stretching across the ice. Figures travel by horse-drawn coach, skates, boats with wheels and boats transformed into sledges. The item has been divided into 45 playing cards with instructions in the margins. Winters in Britain were often particularly cold in the 17th and 18th centuries, a period known as the 'Little Ice Age'. These impromptu fairs, offering a wide variety of amusements, occurred in winters severe enough for the waters of the Thames to freeze over. The first was held in 1607, and the last in 1814, since when higher temperatures have meant that the Thames has never frozen over.

Date

1716

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/City of London : The London Archives

Notre référence

HRM19B02_445

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

30,4Mo (1,7Mo) / 29,4cm x 25,9cm / 3467 x 3061 (300dpi)

Mots clés

weather transport transportation river animal England River Thames Thames season winter people fun busy animals horses horse frozen funfair entertainment climate meteorological meteorology ice game science bridge geography carriage tent tents century amusement city of london fair enjoyment playing cards sledge sleigh concept London Bridge sled pastime B&W MONOCHROME 17th century wintry road Transport black & white black and white B W 18th century Eighteenth Century seventeenth century Guildhall Library & Art Gallery climate change frost fair geographical feature horse-drawn vehicle TGN engraving Anon Anonymous