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1. Diamond cut diamond, or, A whimsical information [graphic]
- Creator:
- Roberts, P. (Piercy), active 1785-1824, printmaker, publisher
- Published / Created:
- [1803?]
- Call Number:
- 803.00.00.53+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The Lord Mayor sits (right) in profile to the left in a chair of state facing a city officer in a long gown holding a wand who leads in a file of five amused 'cits', three men and two women. The officer says: "Here are a number of People brought before your Honor, by your Honor's Order, for not keeping the pavement clean before their Houses in Frosty Weather - according to the Act of Parliament for that purpose; but the worst of all is - here is a Worthy Alderman, lays information, that the pavement before your Honor's Door is as much neglected as any of the rest - and moreover says that he himself had a fall there in the late Frost, which shook him so much, that he has been unable to digest Turtle or Venison ever since - A material injury to one of the Body Corporate." The alderman, who heads the file, clasps an enormous paunch. The Mayor answers, proffering a coin: "Well, Well, if that is the case, take my five Shillings, and say no more about the Business." The Mayor wears spectacles and a chain of office; he has not the plebeian appearance of the alderman and his companions. (Charles Price was Lord Mayor 1802-3.)"--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Whimsical information
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., and Watermark.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by P. Roberts, 28 Middle Row, Holborn
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Price, Charles, Sir, 1748-1818
- Subject (Topic):
- Mayors, Municipal officials, Queues, Chairs, Robes, Staffs (Sticks), Coins, and Eyeglasses
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Diamond cut diamond, or, A whimsical information [graphic]
