1-645-938 - London Metropolitan Archives (London Picture Archive)/Heritage Images

Satire relating to Sir John Barnard, 1755.'The living statued patriot, lately so justly celebrated, but now generally censured and exploded', 1755. The statue of Sir John Barnard at the Royal Exchange, with, in the lower margin, humourous verses said to have been posted beneath it. The verses reproach Barnard, who was still living, with his retirement from public life. He was Lord Mayor of London in 1737.