Nathaniel Newnham taking the oaths of office as Lord Mayor of London in 1782. Stipple engraving by B. Smith, 1801, after W. Miller.

London (No. 90, Cheapside) ; London (at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall) : Alder.n Boydell, & Josiah Boydell, June 4, 1801.

1 print : stipple engraving ; platemark 58.8 x 79 cm

Alderman Newnham, Lord Mayor of the City of London 1782. The annual ceremony of administering the oaths of allegiance &c. on Novr. 8th, the day preceding Lord Mayor's Day: with the portraits of the whole Court of Aldermen, Sheriffs, many of the Common Council, & several spectators &c. Painted by Mr Wm. Miller. Engraved by Mr. Benj. Smith.

Yasha Beresiner, 'How silent the ceremony. Treasures of the Guildhall ; 2', City guide no. 89 (Autumn 2005), pp. 7-8

William Schupbach, 'Hieroglyphicks of the City Fathers', Wellcome Library blog, 25 July 2016 https://wayback.archive-it.org/16107/20210312210735/http://blog.wellcomelibrary.org/2016/07/hieroglyphicks-of-the-city-fathers/

Wellcome Collection 2848107i

After: a painting by William Miller in the Guildhall Art Gallery