The Disembarkation of the Lord Mayor at Blackfriars Bridge
Artist: Thomas Allom (1804 - 1872)
Location: Guildhall Library
Date: 1830
Materials: pencil & watercolour
Dimensions: 49 x 68 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £2,125 (Total: £8,500)
Vendor: J Morton Lee
Review number: 3561 (1991)
Provenance:
Christie's 9.2.1988; J.Morton Lee.
Description:
Allom was an architect responsible for laying out the Ladbroke estate in Notting Hill, London. Here the procession which traditionally took place annually on 9 Nov. A fine document of the appearance of the City at Blackfriars and a record of the manner in which one of the great City ceremonials was conducted at a time when the Thames was still one of London's main thoroughfares.
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