'A civic louse in the state bed!!!, or the Corporation conglomorated!!', 1824. Artist: Isaac Robert Cruikshank

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'A civic louse in the state bed!!!, or the Corporation conglomorated!!', 1824. The City aldermen and Lord Mayor John Garratt examining an enormous louse on the Mansion House state bed. The aldermen include Matthew Wood, Robert Waithman, William Curtis, John Key, William Heygate, Sir Charles Flower, Sir James Shaw, and Sir Claudius Hunter.

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