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The pictorial press: its origin and progress (1885)

Jackson, Mason · London : Hurst and Blackett · leaf 188

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is a roughly executed woodcut, and repre-sents a street of booths opposite the Temple, looking towardsthe Middlesex shore. On one side arc men skating:, slidins-,riding on sledges, and playing at football; whilst bull-baiting, skittle-playing, &c., go on on the other side.Coaches are driven… … 174 TJw Pictorial Press: with London Bridge, tlie Tower, Monument, &e., in tlie dis-tance. In addition to a description of Frost Fair, there isan account of all the great frosts from the time of Williamthe Conqueror. Some curious particulars of this great frost are recordedby contemporary…

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