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Not-ice! Wonderful phenomenon! Murphy outdone! - Awful prediction! Great thaw of the Artificial Ice! 3000 square feet in extent. Baker Street Bazaar, King Street, Portman Square. The proprietor of the Glaciarium feels it his duty to apprize the public that, the Metropolis will assuredly be visited on Thursday, the 25th of January, 1844, with the most Extraordinary Thaw ever witnessed in this country or any other ...the beautiful Lake of Lucerne is now fast frozen ... "dissolve - and, like the baseless fabric of a vision, leave not a wreck behind". ... sledges on the frozen lake ... promenade musicale, led by Mr A Sedgwick. ... S G Fairbrother, printer, 31, Bow Street, Covent Garden [1844]
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Not-ice! Wonderful phenomenon! Murphy outdone! - Awful prediction! Great thaw of the Ar...

Date: 1844

From: [Collection of ephemera, handbills, fliers, collected by Kenneth Athol Webster. 1800-1920]

By: S G Fairbrother (Firm)

Reference: Eph-B-WEBSTER-Entertainment-1844-01

Description: Flier announcing a spectacular event, in which a model of Lake Lucerne and a glacier of ice were to be thawed. There would be sledges available for women and children. Members of the Glaciarium Skating Club were to meet and "perform their Elegant Evolutions". The event was to be held in conjunction with a four-day cattle show on adjacent premises. Illustration shows a scene of Lake Lucerne with skaters and spectators. Other Titles - Notice! Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress and relief print, 250 x 172 mm.

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