Benefits of a plentiful harvest common councilman View of the Colosseum

View of the Colosseum

'Fine Turkey Rhubarb

The vinegar works were established on the former site of Cuper's Pleasure Gardens

a mirror and large chandelier

the depiction of the first issuing of water into the New River Head

Benefits of a plentiful harvest common councilman View of the Colosseum'Benefits of a plentiful harvest', 1813. Lord Mayor Scholey sitting enthroned and pointing to a pair of scales where a loaf is much lighter than the prescribed weight. On his right is a starving family; on his left are Corporation notables William Curtis, Quin and Matthew Wood. This is a satire on the Corporation's involvement in fixing the price of bread.