Fable V, the beau and the beggar ... slaughter a view of royal barges

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

a coach and horses being ferried across the River Thames

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

At bottom left is a man with a pair of antlers

View from the south of Holborn Viaduct

Fable V, the beau and the beggar ... slaughter a view of royal barges'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.