Mayors Collection

View of London from St. Pauls, on Lord Mayors Day
Incredible panoramic view of London from the roof of St. Pauls Cathedral, looking west. The Lord Mayors Procession can be seen heading up Fleet Street and Ludgate Hill past the cathedral. Date: 1889

Captured Aircraft
9th November 1918: Captured German aircraft at the Lord Mayors show, London. (Photo by A. R. Coster/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Illuminated address given by the members of the City Council in gratitude for Councillor
At a meeting of the Council of the said City held at the Council Chamber in the Town Hall on Monday 9th November 1908 it was unanimously resolved that the best thanks of this Council

LCC-LFB in Lord Mayors Show, City of London
London firefighters and Auxiliary firefighters with appliances taking part in the annual Lord Mayors Show through the City of London. A Bedford heavy pump unit with crew leads the LFB contingent

Bretagne, La Signature de Monsieur le Maire (colour photo)
8653048 Bretagne, La Signature de Monsieur le Maire (colour photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bretagne, La Signature de Monsieur le Maire)

Darmstadt Madonna (chromolitho)
8656860 Darmstadt Madonna (chromolitho) by Holbein the Younger, Hans (1497/8-1543) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Darmstadt Madonna. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn.

Johann Rudolf Wettstein, Swiss diplomat and Mayor of Basel (engraving)
8673133 Johann Rudolf Wettstein, Swiss diplomat and Mayor of Basel (engraving) by Swiss School, (19th Century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Johann Rudolf Wettstein (1594-1666)

Hans Waldmann being taken to the Wellenberg, 1489 (engraving)
8673010 Hans Waldmann being taken to the Wellenberg, 1489 (engraving) by Swiss School, (19th Century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hans Waldmann, Mayor of Zurich)

Don Gaspar de Guzman y Pimentel Ribera y Velasco de Tovar, 1791 (engraving)
3473264 Don Gaspar de Guzman y Pimentel Ribera y Velasco de Tovar, 1791 (engraving); (add.info.: Don Gaspar de Guzman y Pimentel Ribera y Velasco de Tovar)

Gaspar de Guzman, Count-Duke of Olivares
3330175 Gaspar de Guzman, Count-Duke of Olivares; (add.info.: Portrait of Gaspar de Guzman, Count-Duke of Olivares (1587-1645) a Spanish royal favourite of Philip IV and minister

Departure of Major-General John Eardley Inglis for India (engraving)
8676615 Departure of Major-General John Eardley Inglis for India (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Queen Victoria's visit to Leeds (engraving)
8676558 Queen Victoria's visit to Leeds (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Queen Victoria's visit to Leeds, Yorkshire)

Queen Victoria's visit to Leeds (engraving)
8676523 Queen Victoria's visit to Leeds (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Queen Victoria's visit to Leeds)

Inauguration of Sir Isaac Newton's statue, Grantham, Lincolnshire (engraving)
8676522 Inauguration of Sir Isaac Newton's statue, Grantham, Lincolnshire (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Meeting of British women mayors, Liverpool, 1928 (b/w photo)
8626455 Meeting of British women mayors, Liverpool, 1928 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Meeting of British women mayors, Liverpool)

Hierarchy of society in the Middle Ages (colour litho)
8672907 Hierarchy of society in the Middle Ages (colour litho) by German School, (13th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hierarchy of society in the Middle Ages)

Dick Whittington, Mayor of London (engraving)
7341617 Dick Whittington, Mayor of London (engraving) by Elstrack, Renold (1570-1625); 18.2x11.2 cm; National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: Creator: R)

US President Woodrow Wilson welcomed on his arrival in Dover, 1918 (b/w photo)
8626480 US President Woodrow Wilson welcomed on his arrival in Dover, 1918 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Archibald Bodkin)

Sir John Ratcliffe, Lord Mayor of Birmingham (engraving)
8676506 Sir John Ratcliffe, Lord Mayor of Birmingham (engraving) by Pound, Daniel John. (fl.1860); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sir John Ratcliffe, Lord Mayor of Birmingham)

Sir Peter Fairbairn, Mayor of Leeds (engraving)
8676505 Sir Peter Fairbairn, Mayor of Leeds (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sir Peter Fairbairn (1799-1861), Scottish engineer and Mayor of Leeds

Blessed of Valcavado (970)
3499717 Blessed of Valcavado (970); (add.info.: Blessed of Valcavado (970). 10th century. Illuminated codex. Also called Blessed of Valladolid. Representation of The Judgement of God

Rossall School: Lord Stanley speaks (b/w photo)
8648343 Rossall School: Lord Stanley speaks (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lord Stanley speaks)

Queen Victoria's visit to Leeds (engraving)
8676509 Queen Victoria's visit to Leeds (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Queen Victoria's visit to Leeds)

Monument to Adrian von Bubenberg, Bern, Switzerland (engraving)
8673005 Monument to Adrian von Bubenberg, Bern, Switzerland (engraving) by Swiss School, (19th Century); Private Collection; (add.info)

James C. Haynes, Mayor of Minneapolis (left), with Senator Clapp, 1911. Creator: Harris & Ewing. James C
James C. Haynes, Mayor of Minneapolis (left), with Senator Clapp, 1911. [US politicians: lawyer James Clark Haynes and Moses Edwin Clapp, Senator 1901-1917, Attorney General 1887-1893]

Moses Edwin Clapp, Senator From Minnesota, Right, with James C. Haynes, Mayor of Minneapolis, 1911. [US politicians: lawyer James Clark Haynes (left), and Moses Edwin Clapp, Senator 1901-1917

Moses Edwin Clapp, Senator From Minnesota, Right, with James C. Haynes, Mayor of Minneapolis, 1911. [US politicians: lawyer James Clark Haynes (left), and Moses Edwin Clapp, Senator 1901-1917

Proclamation of the Successful Candidates for the Department of the Seine... Paris, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Proclamation of the Successful Candidates for the Department of the Seine, at the Hotel de Ville, Paris, 1850....six Mayors, half of Paris, and half of the banlieu, appeared on the perron

Banquet given by the Mayor of Southampton to the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs of London, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Banquet given by the Mayor of Southampton to the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs of London, 1850. Dinner given by Richard Andrews, Mayor of Southampton in Hampshire

Alderman William Henry Brittain, Lord Mayor of Sheffield, Yorkshire, 1884
From an original at Sheffield Libraries: arc02922

Mayors Ball, Lostwithiel, Cornwall. December 1989
The official last event of Lostwithiel 800, the anniversary year of the Towns Charter, was the Mayors Ball attended by many local dignitaries

Sir John Whittaker Ellis, 19th century (engraving)
7132010 Sir John Whittaker Ellis, 19th century (engraving) by English School, (19th century); (add.info.: Sir John Whittaker Ellis, 1st Baronet JP, 1829-1912. Lord Mayor of London, 1881-82)

Podestas or Mayors of Milan, 13th / 14th century
Equestrian statue of Oldrado da Tresseno, Podesta or Mayor of Milan, 13th century. Grave effigy of Mafiolo Visconti, Podesta of Milan, brother of Matteo I Visconti, 14th century

Armenian Refugee Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement appealing for donations for the purpose of rebuilding damaged homes of martyred Armenian refugees during World War 1

Boy Scouts marching in the Lord Mayor's Show, London Date: 1923

The Conquest of Mexico (1519-21)
The Conquest of Mexico (1519-1521). D- Hernan Cortes appoints ordinary mayors of the town, E- La Malinche makes the Totonac understand who Cortes is. Detail

Interior of the Guildhall, during the feast on Lord Mayor's Day. Date: 1761

Hieronymus Schurstab, Mayor of Nuremberg, 1554, Bavaria, Germany, Historical
1 person, 1900s, 19th-century, bayern, black, black-and-white, black-white, contemporary, copy, depiction, depictions, digital, digitalization, digitally, digitizing, drawing, drawings, drawn

Liberation of Lille by British Troops, October 1918 (b/w photo)
1701020 Liberation of Lille by British Troops, October 1918 (b/w photo) by French Photographer (20th century); (add.info.: Liberation of Lille (France) by english troops in October 1918

First Silesian War, 1740-1742
7279652 First Silesian War, 1740-1742 by Unknown Artist, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: First Silesian War, 1740-1742)

Jean Sylvain Bailly (1736-93) presenting Louis XVI (1754-93) with the keys to the city of Paris
XIR180024 Jean Sylvain Bailly (1736-93) presenting Louis XVI (1754-93) with the keys to the city of Paris, 17th July 1789 (coloured engraving) by French School

Sir Richard Chiverton, Lord Mayor of London, 1657-58. 1814 (engraving)
7236112 Sir Richard Chiverton, Lord Mayor of London, 1657-58. 1814 (engraving) by Dunkarton, Robert (1744-1811); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sir Richard Chiverton, Lord Mayor of London, 1657-58)

Decree by Mayor of Angers with regard the unveiling of a statue of Napoleon I, 12th August 1809 (litho)
1720199 Decree by Mayor of Angers with regard the unveiling of a statue of Napoleon I, 12th August 1809 (litho) by French School

Jurgen Wullenwever, Mayor of Lubeck, defending himself against accusations of being a traitor and an Anabaptist
7148056 Jurgen Wullenwever, Mayor of Lubeck, defending himself against accusations of being a traitor and an Anabaptist, 1537 (engraving) by Zick

The Tax Collector, cover of a box of playing cards depicting the central figures of a village, c
CHT293669 The Tax Collector, cover of a box of playing cards depicting the central figures of a village, c.1870 (colour engraving) by Coudert, B

Lord Mayor of London in robes of office, 1800s. 1821 (engraving)
7234204 Lord Mayor of London in robes of office, 1800s. 1821 (engraving) by Alexander, William (1767-1816) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lord Mayor of London in robes of office, 1800s)

Provost Hugh Ballingall (1840-1910), 1884-86 (oil on canvas)
6198143 Provost Hugh Ballingall (1840-1910), 1884-86 (oil on canvas) by Brown, James Michael (1843-1947); 141x95 cm; The McManus, Dundee, UK; Dundee Art Galleries and Museums

Civil war (colour litho)
7201388 Civil war (colour litho) by Wellner, Wilhelm Anton (1859-1939); Private Collection; (add.info.: Civil war: cartoon depicting Georg Reicke, Mayor of Berlin)

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"Mayors: Guardians of Cities, Keepers of Tradition" On Lord Mayors Day, the breathtaking view of London from St. Paul's Cathedral serves as a reminder of the significance and grandeur associated with mayoral leadership. In 1908, Councillor and Mrs Marsh were honored for their exceptional service as Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress through an illuminated address presented by the City Council. The role extends beyond ceremonial duties; they are also responsible for ensuring the safety and security of their cities. The image of captured aircraft highlights their commitment to protecting communities from potential threats. In recognition of their tireless efforts, another illuminated address was bestowed upon Councillor and Mrs Marsh in gratitude for their dedicated work throughout the previous year. This gesture exemplifies how mayors receive appreciation for their unwavering dedication to serving their constituents. The Lord Mayor's Show in the City of London showcases unity among different organizations such as LCC-LFB (London County Council - London Fire Brigade), emphasizing how mayors bring various entities together under one common goal – fostering a thriving community. They have historically played pivotal roles in times of crisis, like during Armenian Refugee Advertisement campaigns or even during significant historical events like "The Conquest of Mexico. " Their leadership ensures that those affected by adversity find solace within city limits. Guildhall provides a majestic backdrop for feasts held on Lord Mayor's Day since 1761, and is within these walls that mayoral influence is celebrated alongside centuries-old traditions, reinforcing the importance placed on preserving heritage while embracing progress. Alderman William Henry Brittain stands as an example from Sheffield, Yorkshire in 1884 – his tenure symbolizing local pride intertwined with civic duty. Mayoral figures like him inspire future generations to contribute positively towards shaping vibrant communities. Even smaller towns like Lostwithiel in Cornwall hold extravagant events such as the Mayors Ball where locals come together to celebrate unity and camaraderie.