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print
Object Type
print
Museum number
1850,1014.901
Title
Object:
Annual Ceremony of administering the Oaths of Allegiance &c on Novr. 8th, the day preceding Lord Mayor's Day
Description
The Guildhall with Chatham's Monument and the statues of Gog and Magog on the right wall, with Alderman Newnham, Lord Mayor of London, holding a large book handed to him by the Town Clerk and the Mace Bearer, surrounded by the court of Aldermen, sheriffs and members of the common council, standing and sitting along the walls and processing up the passage between towards the mayor. 1801 Stipple
Producer name
Print made by:
Benjamin Smith
After:
William Miller
Published by:
John Boydell
School/style
British
Production date
1801
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
stipple
Dimensions
Height:
565 millimetres
(image)
Width:
774 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
A key to this print was published in 1801, 1893,U.2941
Bibliographic references
O'Donoghue 1908-25 / Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum
(p. 10)
(Groups)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Portrait of:
Nathaniel Newnham
Portrait of:
James Adair
Portrait of:
John Boydell
Portrait of:
Josiah Boydell
Portrait of:
Brass Crosby
Portrait of:
Sir James Esdaile
Portrait of:
John Sawbridge
Portrait of:
James Townsend
Portrait of:
John Wilkes
Associated with:
William Pitt the Elder, 1st Earl of Chatham
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Mills
Acquisition date
1850
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1850,1014.901