The Thames During the Great Frost of 1739 Product:Canvas Scene of John Rich's triumphant

Scene of John Rich's triumphant entry into Covent Garden with a procession of performers and props passing through the piazza

Consumption of cheap spirits by the poor had soared in the early eighteenth century

The cellar was packed with barrels of gunpowder intended to blow up James I in the House of Lords

In the foreground on the left a woman carries a basket of fish on her head

'The deaf judge

The Thames During the Great Frost of 1739 Product:Canvas Scene of John Rich's triumphant'The Thames During the Great Frost of 1739'; showing the Frost Fair in the foreground and figures inspecting the incomplete piers of Westminster Bridge on the right. In the distance is a view of the City of London including St Paul's Cathedral and spires of the City churches.