Best Mode of Going to Bartholomew Fair prison The dome of St Paul's

The dome of St Paul's Cathedral

Scene of a bull rampaging through Smithfield Market

Scene at the Tower of London showing the impending execution of Lady Jane Grey in 1554

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Best Mode of Going to Bartholomew Fair prison The dome of St Paul's'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