Phénomènes (Phenomena), Henry Monnier, circa 1828

Plate 2: street scene with a crowd queuing for, and being admitted to, an event in a tent on a raised platform (fairground booth?); a showman and another man stand by the entrance; placards advertising the event show a goat, a bearded man in a head-dress and wrap, and a small figure; two street traders sell food and in the background, a crowd of passers-by and other figures. C1828 hand-coloured lithograph. Date: circa 1828. Dimensions: Height: 133 mm (image); Width: 185 mm (image). Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Phénomènes (Phenomena) (BM 1930,0414.280)