A country fair

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William Henry Pyne
1769-1843
A country fair
[London] : Published by William Miller, Albemarle Street, Jany 1, 1805
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.718
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[London] : Published by William Miller, Albemarle Street, Jany. 1, 1805.
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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Title supplied by Tooley.
At lower right: No. 10.
Plate no. 10 of 60 plates comprising W.H. Pyne's The costume of Great Britain. London : William Miller, 1804.

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Print shows a country fair, with a handbell ringer with bells in his hands and mounted on his shoes and hat, seated on a platform in the foreground, entertaining a small audience consisting of a young couple and two small boys. Behind him stands a scaramouche with a saltbox, and in the background an audience watch commedia performers on a stage while other fair-goers browse the stalls.

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