An English Merrymaking a Hundred Years Ago, William Powell Frith, 1847

"when the merry bells ring round,and jocund rebecks soundto many a youth and many a maiddancing in the checquered shade,and young and old come forth to playon a sunshine holiday" - milton's l'allegro. Object Type: painting. Date: 1847. Dimensions: height: 113 cm (44.4 in); width: 185.5 cm (73 in). Medium: oil on canvas. William Powell Frith - An English Merrymaking a Hundred Years Ago