'The Flower of the City', 1809. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
/1645904.jpg "'The Flower of the City', 1809. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson")
1-645-904 - The London Archives (City of London)/Heritage Images
'The Flower of the City', 1809. The head of Charles Flower, Lord Mayor, is depicted within a wilted sunflower, which has leaves labelled with his character qualities and grows in a barrel of rank butter standing on mouldy and rotten cheese. Flower was unpopular on account of his support for the Duke of York.
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People Information
Creator
- Thomas Rowlandson, attributed to: British: Painter, illustrator, caricaturist, artist
After
- Thomas Rowlandson: British: Painter, illustrator, caricaturist, artist
Subject
- Charles Flower: British: Lord Mayor of London, merchant
Category Hierarchy
Artistic Representations Satires
Artistic Representations Caricatures
History & Politics Politics Other
Digital Image Size
Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 2106x3118
File Size : 19,238kb
Aliases
- 20155
- p5447504
- 0220005995
- 1-645-904
- 1645904
- 20155
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