Best Mode of Going to Bartholomew Fair prison a citizen in Smithfield Market

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Best Mode of Going to Bartholomew Fair prison a citizen in Smithfield Market'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