A vision of the first Mayor of London appears to the feasting Aldermen and warns them against luxury. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1809.

  • Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.
Date:
1 June 1809
Reference:
38415i
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Though dressed in the style of the date of this print, the Mayor is identified in the British Museum catalogue as Henry Fitzailwin, who died in 1212

Publication/Creation

[London] ([101 Strand]) : [R. Ackermann], 1 June 1809.

Physical description

1 print : etching and aquatint, with watercolour ; image 11.7 x 18.4 cm

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Mansion House monit<or>.

References note

British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, London 1947, vol. 8, no. 11517

Reference

Wellcome Collection 38415i

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