Title

'Magisterial oeconomy ...', 1779. Artist: John Nixon

Caption

'Magisterial oeconomy ...', 1779. A reception at Mansion House. The clock shows it to be midnight, and the Lord Mayor directs the footmen to extinguish the candles with bellows and snuffers. A satire on the parsimony of Lord Mayor Plumbe during his mayoralty.

Date

1779

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/London Metropolitan Archives

Reference

HRM19B00_240

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

26,3Mb (1,5Mb) / 11,8in x 8,7in / 3536 x 2598 (300dpi)

Keywords

England female women woman people male interior indoors event job man men country game guy costume occupation British English dress location century Britain profession inside reception playing cards lady concept georgian pastime B&W mean servant cartoon MONOCHROME metaphor black & white black and white B W 18th century Eighteenth Century Guildhall Library & Art Gallery civic event footman Lord Mayor of London Mansion House etching satire engraving parsimony party pooper Samuel Plumbe John Samuel John Nixon John Nixon;Nixon Plumbe Nixon John