Southwark Fair concentration View of St James's Square

View of St James's Square from the south-east corner

from the point near Gray's Inn and Staple Inn where bars had stood to mark the western extremity of the City of London

'The king drinks'

He was a livery man of the Haberdashers' Company

The Wesleyan Centenary Hall and Mission House

Southwark Fair concentration View of St James's Square'Southwark Fair', 1733. A crowd is enjoying the festivities in Borough High Street, near St George the Martyr, Southwark, London. Among the figures are a group of actors falling from a stage to the left, a man on a tight rope behind, a performing dog and musicians in the foreground. The fair was held for two weeks in September, and was abolished in 1762.