Best Mode of Going to Bartholomew Fair prison Scene of a bull rampaging

Scene of a bull rampaging through Smithfield Market

Interior view of the Ironmongers Hall

a citizen in Smithfield Market finds himself between two enraged bulls

Front view of Guildhall

Entrance gate in Bunhill Row

Best Mode of Going to Bartholomew Fair prison Scene of a bull rampaging'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