The Lord Mayor's Barge. 1859. From The Book of the Thames from its Rise to its Fall, p. 449. “The Lord Mayor's and Companies' barges are the last relics of the old water-pageantry of London. In the olden time each noble who resided on the banks of the river kept his state barge, and had watermen, dressed in the livery of the family, bearing its badge on their sleeve. On the 9th of November it is the custom of the Mayor and citizens to go, in their gaily gilt and decorated barges (generally from Blackfriars Bridge), to the Court of Exchequer, in Westminster, and take the necessary oaths. The effect on the Thames is singularly picturesfiuo. ” (448-49).
Other drawings and photographs of Victorian barges
- The River Torridge Barge, the Tetty Boat
- The Cambria
- Hay-boat on the Thames
- Barges at Blackfriars
- The Luff-barge
- Steam barge
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Bibliography
Hall, Samuel Carter, and A. M. Hall. The Book of the Thames from its Rise to its Fall. London: Arthur Hall, Virtue, and Co., 1859. Internet Archive version of a copy in the William and Mary Darlington Memorial Libray, the University of Pittsburgh. Web. 10 March 2012.
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