To the independent and worthy electors of the ancient City of Westminster [graphic].

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Title: To the independent and worthy electors of the ancient City of Westminster [graphic].
Creator: Bickham, George, 1684?-1758?, printmaker
Contributor: Bickham, George, 1706?-1771, publisher.
Published / Created: May 2, 1741.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Sold in Mays Buildings, Covent Garden
Description: Title from item.
'Price 3d'.
Three lines of dedication at the bottom of the image: To the brave Admiral Vernon, and his worthy collegue [sic], Charles Edwin, Esq. this plate is most humbly dedicated by G. Bickham.
Twelve lines of verse in three columns below title: O, put it in the public voice to make a free and worthy choice ...
Temporary local subject terms: London: St. Paul's, Covent Garden -- Elections: Westminster election, 1741 -- Clubs: Independent Electors of Westminster -- Taxes: excise.
Watermark.
Provenance: Alan Thomas for W.S. Lewis, Christie's October 21, 1965, lot 33; November 1965; Major Sir Charles Blackett Collection.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 16.2 x 20.2 cm, on sheet 19 x 26 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1741
Etchings England London 1741
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Vernon, Edward, 1684-1757
Edwin, Charles, ca. 1699-1756
Wager, Charles, Sir, 1666-1743
De Veil, Thomas, Sir, 1684-1746
Sundon, William Clayton, Baron, 1671-1752
Subjects: Vernon, Edward, 1684-1757 > Caricatures and cartoons
Edwin, Charles, ca. 1699-1756 > Caricatures and cartoons
Wager, Charles, Sir, 1666-1743 > Caricatures and cartoons
De Veil, Thomas, Sir, 1684-1746 > Caricatures and cartoons
Sundon, William Clayton, Baron, 1671-1752 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1741
England > London > 1741

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