Portrait of Henry Taylor Bovey (1850-1912) Size:Standard: 6 x 4in ' Signed and dated lower

' Signed and dated lower right

The hall is crowded with dignitaries in wigs and ceremonial costume

A fantastic poster cleverly mirroring the original

in the second a thin ragged woman (Erskine's widow) with son is being introduced to the Lord Mayor (presumably William Venables) by a chimney sweep in the Mansion House Justice Room

Portrait of Henry Taylor Bovey (1850-1912) Size:Standard: 6 x 4in ' Signed and dated lowerFormal photographic portrait of Henry Taylor Bovey, seated left, three quarter face. Inscription on card reads: 'MAULL & FOX 187A PICCADILLY, LONDON' Bovey was the first Rector of Imperial College of Science and Technology in London. In 1877, he became professor of civil engineering and applied mechanics at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. Bovey was a founder member of both the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers and the Liverpool Society of