Oil picture. 43½ by 23½ in.
This doubtless represents a procession of the Lord Mayor elect from
Three Crane Stairs to Westminster, which until the adoption of the
new style in 1752 took place on 29 October (the day after the feast of
SS. Simon and Jude) and was the precursor of the present Lord Mayor’s
Show. A gay scene and evidently a noisy one, the river crowded with
state barges belonging to the Corporation and the City Companies,
adorned with flags, streamers, pendants, etc., and there is much
loud music. To spectator’s left is old Somerset House, every point
of vantage occupied by spectators watching the show. Behind is the
steeple of St. Mary-le-Strand. St. Paul’s Cathedral is conspicuous,
and many church towers and spires appear, also the Monument, part of
old London Bridge before the removal of houses, and in the distance
the Tower of London.
School of S. SCOTT.
_Lent by the Earl Brownlow._