Phénomènes, Henry Monnier, 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: 1828. Dimensions: Height: 169 mm (printed area); Width: 184 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Phénomènes (BM 1861,1012.823)