The Norther'n candidate for Westminster [graphic].

Description

Title: The Norther'n candidate for Westminster [graphic].
Alternative Title: Northern candidate for Westminster
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor: Manners, James, Lord, artist.
Published / Created: [28 May 1784]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. May 28th, 1784, by T. Corneille, Bruton Street
Description: Title from item.
Printmaker and artist from descriptions of the second state. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires / Mary Dorothy George, v. 6, no. 6602.
Second state, with 'Scola' inside speech bubble corrected to 'Scotia,' is entitled 'Petitioning candidate for Westminster'.
Temporary local subject terms: Foxes -- Elections: Westminster, 1784 -- Elections: Orkney, Scotland, 1784 -- Signs: sign-posts -- Highland dress: tartan -- Sailboats -- Allusion to Kirkwall Borough.
Watermark in center of sheet: J Whatman.
Provenance: Sanders ; September 1, 1960 ;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 24.5 x 34.8 cm, on sheet 28 x 44 cm
Edition: [1st state].
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1784
Etchings England London 1784
Material: etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Subject (Topic): Horses
Subjects: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Horses
England > 1784
England > London > 1784

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