2-798-929 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Lord Mayor taking water at the New Pier, Blackfriars Bridge, 1845. Annual celebration for the inauguration of a new Lord Mayor of London [Spectacle Maker John Johnson was chosen in 1845], on the River Thames. 'The effect of the aquatic procession, as seen from Blackfriars-bridge at this moment, was very fine; the river, in addition to the state and city barges, being covered with a vast number of boats, many of which accompanied the procession to Westminster-bridge'. From "Illustrated London News", 1845, Vol VII.