Satire relating to Sir John Barnard Pitman and Ashfield View of nos 87-89 Drury

View of nos 87-89 Drury Lane

A detail of a bonnet can be seen above her head

one peering into the nearby barrow

Interior view of the King's Audience Chamber in Windsor Castle

'Brothers in law

Satire relating to Sir John Barnard Pitman and Ashfield View of nos 87-89 DrurySatire 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.