Fable V, the beau and the beggar ... slaughter a friend of Churchill's

a friend of Churchill's

when Her Majesty took the Private View of the Fancy Fair in aid of foreigners in distress

View from the south of Holborn Viaduct

Sir John Parsons embarking on the Lord Mayor's Barge at the Red Lion Brewhouse

a view of royal barges on the River Thames with crowds on the bank and St Paul's Cathedral behind

Fable V, the beau and the beggar ... slaughter a friend of Churchill's'Fable V, the beau and the beggar ', c1770. The scene is Pottage Island, an area behind St Martin in the Fields then inhabited by cooks. A man on the left vomits while a poor beggar steps eagerly towards a joint of meat which is about to be carved.