Sir Richard Whittington Dispensing His Charities. By Henrietta Emma Ratcliffe Rae (1859-1928). Richard Whittington (c1354-1423), was a medieval merchant, four times Lord Mayor of London, Member of Parliament and Sheriff of London. He is also the inspiration for the pantomime character Dick Whittington.

---

Size: 3287px × 5353px
Photo credit: © The History Emporium / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 14th, 15th, 19th, 20th, architecture, brazier, bread, britain, british, century, charity, child, children, cold, color, colour, dick, emma, england, english, fashion, fire, henrietta, hunger, illustration, inn, london, lord, man, mayor, medieval, men, merchant, painting, panto, pantomime, portrait, poverty, pub, rae, ratcliffe, richard, sheriff, sign, sir, snow, tavern, whittington, winter, woman, women