Corporation Of London Collection

The Common Hall on Corporation Reform, in Guildhall, 1856. Creator: Henry Fitzcook
The Common Hall on Corporation Reform, in Guildhall, [London], 1856. Political meeting...to oppose the London Corporation Bill....the proceedings commenced by the Serjeant-at-Mace calling out that

Presentation of the Address of the Corporation of London to Her Majesty... 1850. Creator: Unknown
Presentation of the Address of the Corporation of London to Her Majesty, in St. George's Hall, Windsor Castle, 1850. The City of London, the University of Oxford

New Peal of Bells for St. Pauls Cathedral, 1878. Creator: RHM
New Peal of Bells for St. Pauls Cathedral: The Tenor Bell, presented by the City Corporation, 1878. The bell, inscribed Domine Dirige Nos, (Lord guide us)

The Maria Wood, 1876, (1897). Creator: Unknown
The Maria Wood, 1876, (1897). The Maria Wood, a steamboat built in 1816, was the last of the city barges owned by the Corporation of London. From Old and New London, Volume I, by Walter Thornbury

John Ellis (b. 1698 d. 1791), 1907. Deputy John Ellis of Broad Street Ward holding a book, 1792. John Ellis served as an active member of the Corporation of London from 1750 to 1790

Copy of the inscription from the first stone of the City of London School, 1835. Artist
Copy of the inscription from the first stone of the City of London School, 1835

The property tax for ever!!!, 1816. Artist
The property tax for ever!!!, 1816. A scene in the Guildhall. Alderman John Atkins is haranguing the audience on the matter of the income tax. Sir William Curtis is wearing sailors trousers

Benefits of a plentiful harvest, 1813. Artist
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

Illuminated address from the Corporation of London to Louis Philippe of France, 1844

View showing part of the Jubilee Procession of King George V and Queen Mary, May 6 1935. Crowds line the street to watch the coach pass, with soldiers and policemen lining the route

Deputy John Ellis of Broad Street Ward holding a book, 1792. Artist: Burnet Reading
Deputy John Ellis of Broad Street Ward holding a book, 1792. John Ellis served as an active member of the Corporation of London from 1750 to 1790, latterly as an aldermans deputy

Sheriffs of the City of London presenting a petition at the House of Commons, London, 1926
Presentation by the Sheriffs of the City of London of the petition of the Corporation against the Union of Benefices and Disposal of Churches (Metropolis) measure, at the Bar of the House of Commons

A Member of the Corporation preparing for a City feast, 1789. A common councilman sits with his eyes shut, possibly holding his stomach in pain

Interior view of the Doctors Commons, City of London, 1808

View of the Prerogative Will Office, Doctors Commons, City of London, 1840. Artist
View of the Prerogative Will Office, Doctors Commons, City of London, 1840

View of the Doctors Commons entrance from St Pauls churchyard, City of London, 1800

Interior of the Guildhall, City of London, c1904 (1906). Artist: Photochrom Co Ltd of London
Interior of the Guildhall, City of London, c1904 (1906). The building has been used as a town hall since 1440, and is still the ceremonial and administrative centre of the City of London

The Voice of the Turtle, 1874. Artist: Joseph Swain
The Voice of the Turtle, 1874. Gog and Magog represent the City of London in this cartoon which relates to the proposal to enlarge the Corporation

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