Portrait of Robert Southwell (1635-1702) mb-code 1620562 Alderman Atkins stands on balcony

Alderman Atkins stands on balcony of Mansion House directing a jet of water on little Jacobins below who have set fire to London

Church of St Mary Aldermanbury

View looking from St James's Park

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John Bull represents the agricultural worker in the heat of the day working to gather the harvest so that the people may be fed through the coming winter

Portrait of Robert Southwell (1635-1702) mb-code 1620562 Alderman Atkins stands on balconyThree quarter length portrait of Robert Southwell seated on wooden armchair with a rolled back and armrests. Southwell wears a brown shoulder length wig, white shirt with lace at the cuffs, lace neck cloth and brown robe. His right hand rests against the chair arm, index finger slightly extended. Robert Southwell was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1663, he served as its President from 1690 to 1695. Original: oil on canvas, 1270x1016mm. ca.