View of a frost fair on the River Thames looking towards London Bridge, London Duke of Brougham in the rear a woman

in the rear a woman in a similar skirt is being hoisted on the roof of a coach while through an archway on right a weeping girl is being interrogated under the canopy of her own skirt

The Lord Mayor at the Red Lion Brewhouse

from Cries of London

View of a building in Lombard Street

The woman on the left is wearing a fitted coat over the top of her dress

View of a frost fair on the River Thames looking towards London Bridge, London Duke of Brougham in the rear a womanView of a frost fair on the River Thames looking towards London Bridge, London, c1715. Winters in Britain were often particularly cold in the 17th and 18th centuries, a period known as the 'Little Ice Age'. These impromptu fairs, offering a wide variety of amusements, occurred in winters severe enough for the waters of the Thames to freeze over. The first was held in 1607, and the last in 1814, since when higher temperatures have meant that the Thames