An oil painting depicting a huge crowd celebrating in a village square. In the background is the church and the red lion inn; in among the raucous crowd can be seen bear-baiting, morris dancing, and fights. The more than 200 figures depicted here were allegedly all drawn from life by the artist. Parry, joseph; eccles wakes fair, 1822; salford museum & art gallery; http://www. Artuk. Org/artworks/eccles-wakes-fair-1822-165461. Date: 1822.
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