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Black and white print of a crowded night fair under a full moon, with banner-hung booths at center and revelers filling the foreground.

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.

A night scene at Bartholomew Fair, with a crowded open square lit by a full moon under cloudy skies. Tiered booths hung with banners stand at center while dense crowds fill the foreground, some dancing or embracing, and a building rises at right.

Artist
Thomas Rowlandson
Date
1 February 1808
Medium
Aquatints
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 3234 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1808.
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

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