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on their carts and carrying their wares

In the foreground a horse pulls a barge

A satire on the elaborate Regency fashions

Horsleydown

Magisterial oeconomy ... mb-width 8812 on their carts and carrying'Magisterial oeconomy ', 1779. A reception at Mansion House. The clock shows it to be midnight, and the Lord Mayor directs the footmen to extinguish the candles with bellows and snuffers. A satire on the parsimony of Lord Mayor Plumbe during his mayoralty.

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