publish'd according to act of Parliament, April 20, 1771.
Call Number:
771.04.20.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Right Honorable Brass Crosby, Esqr
Description:
Title from item., After imprint: Price 1s., Oval bust portrait of Brass Crosby, with an engraved broadside below, both enclosed in ornamental scrolls., Inscribed below portrait: Elected member of Parliament for Honiton, 17 March 1768. Chosen Lord Mayor of London 29 September 1770. Sent prisoner to the Tower 27 March 1771., The text of the broadside contains Address of the Borough of Honiton in Devonshire to Sir George Yonge, Bart. and Brass Crosby, Esqr., followed by The answer of the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor to the worthy electors of the Borough of Honiton., Temporary local subject terms: Lord Mayors of London: Brass Crosby -- Addresses: Honiton, Devonshire -- Maces: royal mace -- Emblems: cap and staff of liberty -- Buildings: Tower of London -- Arms: City arms, London -- Reference to alderman's oath -- Reference to City charter -- Emblems: scales of Justice -- Brass Crosby, 1725-1793, Lord Mayor of London, 1771., and Watermark: British Lion.
