Sujet

Benefits of a plentiful harvest', 1813. Artist: C Williams

Légende

'Benefits of a plentiful harvest', 1813. Lord Mayor Scholey sitting enthroned and pointing to a pair of scales where a loaf is much lighter than the prescribed weight. On his right is a starving family; on his left are Corporation notables - William Curtis, Quin and Matthew Wood. This is a satire on the Corporation's involvement in fixing the price of bread.

Date

1813

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/London Metropolitan Archives

Notre référence

HRM19B01_236

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

39,9Mo (1,9Mo) / 49,3cm x 20,3cm / 5825 x 2392 (300dpi)

Mots clés

England food people hunger family country costume British weighing scales English color colour dress poor poverty hungry location century city of london Britain concept pleading cartoon starving rags RAGGED 19th century throne nineteenth century bread Guildhall Library & Art Gallery alderman Alderman of London Corporation of London Lord Mayor of London TGN Matthew Wood Sir Matthew Wood Sir William Curtis George etching caricature satire George Scholey price-fixing William Curtis Matthew Sir Matthew C Sir William Wood C Williams C Williams;Williams William Curtis Scholey Williams C