A General Fast in consequence of the War!! St Michael's Church 'Old Satten Old Taffety or

'Old Satten Old Taffety or Velvet'

with figures watching the parade from the building on the left

'View at Hastings'

View of electioneering taking place at Covent Garden

In the centre foreground a small boy drops some fruit while running to avoid an oncoming coach

A General Fast in consequence of the War!! St Michael's Church 'Old Satten Old Taffety or'A General Fast in consequence of the War!!', 1794. Two separate views: Lambeth, showing an archbishop and his family gorging at the dinner table; and Spitalfields, showing a weaver and his family in rags and starving. There was great distress among the Spitalfields weavers at the end of the 18th century and the clergy were accused of indifference to their plight.