Benefits of a plentiful harvest common councilman St Saviour's Charity School

St Saviour's Charity School

The vinegar works were established on the former site of Cuper's Pleasure Gardens

the depiction of the first issuing of water into the New River Head

North east view of Bishopsgate

a mirror and large chandelier

Benefits of a plentiful harvest common councilman St Saviour's Charity School'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.