Frost fair; 3rd February; 1814.Description based on Dorothy George: View of the Thames during a Frost Fair; St Pauls in the distance. Tents include 鈥楾he Free and Easy on the Ice' and 鈥榃ellington for Ever Good Ale'. The barber has a tent placarded 鈥楽have Well'. Two badged watermen are conspicuous; one holding a bottle of 鈥極ld Tom' [gin]. Below the title are doggerel verses which end: 鈥楴ow to conclude my Icy song I'm glad to see the frost is gone; And ships and barges all afloat And watermen rowing of their boats Black diamond barges to appear That coals they may not be so dear So toss a bumper off with cheer And bid adieu to Frosty Fair.' 1 print: woodcut ; 340 x 457 mm.Published March 19 1814 by J Pitts; No. 14 Great St Andrew Street; Seven Dials.From: A view of Frost fair as it appeared on the ice on the River Thames Feby. 3rd 1814.840. m. 27. (1.) B. Fold-outLondon; British Library.