Thames Frost Fair.- "Upon the Frost in the Year 1739-40" for "Mrs [sic] Ann Hellier of Queen-Hith, Aged 6 the 1st of September last", [1739-1740].
Thames Frost Fair.- "Upon the Frost in the Year 1739-40" for "Mrs [sic] Ann Hellier of Queen-Hith, Aged 6 the 1st of September last", engraved and letterpress keepsake, printed central letterpress panel with 6-line verse beginning "Behold the Liquid Thames now frozen o'er!" between the engraved figures of Flora and Ceres and various floral motifs, engraved border, 18 x 26.5 cm (7 1/8 x 10 ½ in.), overall browning, a few small surface losses, corner-mounted on support sheet, unframed, [cf. ESTC N69294], Printed on the Ice upon the Thames at Queen-Hithe, January the 16th, [1739-40]
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Thames Frost Fair.- "Upon the Frost in the Year 1739-40" for "Mrs [sic] Ann Hellier of Queen-Hith, Aged 6 the 1st of September last", engraved and letterpress keepsake, printed central letterpress panel with 6-line verse beginning "Behold the Liquid Thames now frozen o'er!" between the engraved figures of Flora and Ceres and various floral motifs, engraved border, 18 x 26.5 cm (7 1/8 x 10 ½ in.), overall browning, a few small surface losses, corner-mounted on support sheet, unframed, [cf. ESTC N69294], Printed on the Ice upon the Thames at Queen-Hithe, January the 16th, [1739-40]