A corporate body under the operation of the Royal Commission Finish:Float frame View with a man standing

View with a man standing in the doorway and figures sitting outside

In Tudor times it was the entrance through which several prominent prisoners were brought into the Tower before their imprisonment and execution

suggesting that he is an official such as Alderman or Sheriff

Twickenham

The Fleet River near Bagnigge Wells

A corporate body under the operation of the Royal Commission Finish:Float frame View with a man standing'A corporate body under the operation of the Royal Commission', c1835. A fat Lord Mayor sits in the stocks. On the right Lord John Russell attacks him. Satire alluding to the concern of the City about possible loss of its ancient privileges by the Royal Commission on Municipal Corporations.