The 5th of November, LeBlond Oval Print
The 5th of November
A village scene marking the traditional Fifth of November festivities.
From The LeBlond Book by C. T. Courtney Lewis, 1920
102. The 5th of November. Le Blond, No. 86.
The anniversary of the day of ‘Gunpowder treason and plot’; so the ‘Guy Fawkes’—which is a very fine specimen—is being taken round by some lads, and is now resting at a house, next door to that of Mr. J. Andrews, the ‘hair-cutter,’ whose ‘barber’s pole’ is suspended from his shop. One woman at the door is putting a copper into the exchequer to help pay expenses, and another surveys the scene from an upstairs window. Up the village and nearer to the inn is another, but inferior, guy. One the right is a woman with a hot-potato stand, and down the street the coach approaches. This makes a good pair with No. 105, or a good contrast to No. 101. Size, width 6 ¾ inches. Length 5 ¼ inches. V.R. £ 15s. The print is signed on the bottom centre.
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