Britannia congratulating the Lord Mayor of London Size:S: 45 x 30cm A cherry seller weighing out

A cherry seller weighing out the fruit in a set of scales

after the Royal Exchange was destroyed by fire in 1838

Entrance Gate

View of shop front with figures on Aldersgate Street

Britannia congratulating the Lord Mayor of London Size:S: 45 x 30cm A cherry seller weighing outBritannia congratulating the Lord Mayor of London, 1771. 'Britannia congratulating the Right Hon Brass Crosby, Esq, Lord Mayor and Mr Alderman Oliver, on their Releasement from the Tower, at the rising of Parliament May 8 1771'. Britannia, followed by Aldermen, greeting Crosby and Oliver outside the Tower of London, with verses beneath. Crosby and Oliver clashed with Parliament over the publication of parliamentary debates.