Satire relating to Sir John Barnard Pitman and Ashfield A detail of a bonnet

A detail of a bonnet can be seen above her head

The fait word 'Victoria' over a word beginning with ' A' on the banner above the house on the left suggests the occasion may be Queen Victoria's wedding to Prince Albert

London showing part of Regent Street

'4 Paire for a Shilling Holland Socks'

Satire relating to Sir John Barnard Pitman and Ashfield A detail of a bonnetSatire 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.