Southwark Fair concentration 'The king drinks'

'The king drinks'

1630s (1714)

View showing a display by the Cornhill Military Association with civilians looking on

The Wesleyan Centenary Hall and Mission House

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

Southwark Fair concentration 'The king drinks''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.