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Black and white etching of a crowded fair stage with flags, watched over by a large horned devil at right and smaller demons below.

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.

An etching in black and white shows a crowded fairground stage beneath flags, with a large horned demon at right gripping a pole above swirling smoke. Smaller devils crouch at lower left and right over tumbling pages, and a dense crowd fills the foreground.

Artist
George Cruikshank
Date
1832
Medium
Etchings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 3240 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1832.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Español: Feria de Bartolomé, Londres: La sartén del diablo, Cruikshank, 1832

Un aguafuerte en blanco y negro muestra un escenario de feria abarrotado bajo banderas, con un gran demonio cornudo a la derecha sujetando un palo entre humo arremolinado. Diablillos agachados abajo a ambos lados sobre páginas que caen, y una multitud densa llena el primer plano.

Português: Feira de Bartolomeu, Londres: A frigideira do diabo, Cruikshank, 1832

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