Satire relating to Sir John Barnard Size:Standard: 6 x 4in (sellers of medicinal plants)

(sellers of medicinal plants)

passengers and boatmen in the foreground

Soldier of the second regiment of Loyal London Volunteers

showing two classically dressed women dancing while one holds a tambourine

Satire relating to Sir John Barnard Size:Standard: 6 x 4in (sellers of medicinal plants)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.