Lithograph: Sketch of the Fancy Fair at Sydney Gardens, Bath, Unknown Artist, c.1836

Museum number

1995.6

Object

Lithograph: Sketch of the Fancy Fair at Sydney Gardens, Bath, Unknown Artist, c.1836

Description

Hand-coloured lithograph. Garden to rear of Sydney hotel with row of supper boxes in the middle distance and part of rear elevation of Hotel visible on the right. The supper boxes are draped with British and French flags which act as awnings; women and children crowd round tables within the supper boxes, which are being used as stalls. In the middle ground, a group stands round a harpist seated under a tree. Beside it, a long table with seated figures. In the foreground, men, women, children and a dog promenading. Mounted, glazed with perspex in a modern 'Hogarth' frame.

On display?

No

Further description

Simple name

Lithograph

Dimensions

framed: 33.7cm (h) x 39.0cm (w)
image size: 17.0cm (h) x 23.2cm (w)