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

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

1-645-890 - London Metropolitan Archives (London Picture Archive)/Heritage Images

'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.

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Creator
  1. John Nixon, attributed to: British: Artist, painter, caricaturist, draughtsman
After
  1. John Nixon: British: Artist, painter, caricaturist, draughtsman
Subject
  1. Samuel Plumbe: British: Lord Mayor of London
Medium
  1. Engraving
  2. Etching
Picture Type
  1. Satire
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Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3536x2598
File Size : 26,914kb

Aliases

  1. 18386
  1. p538378x
  1. 0220005981
  1. 1-645-890
  1. 1645890
  1. 18386
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