The Gilpin whigs return to Rochester without their candidate [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- The Gilpin whigs return to Rochester without their candidate [graphic]
- Creator
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Contributor
- Fores, S. W., publisher.
- Published / Created
- [20 May 1790?]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pub. May 20 for the proprieter by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
- Abstract
-
"Roads diverge in three directions from a posting-inn. A signpost (left) points left. 'To London'; another (right) points 'to Rochester' and 'To Aylesbury', these roads converging in an acute angle. In the centre foreground is a round well-head. A post-chaise on the extreme left gallops off to London; three passengers wearing election favours in their hats exclaim respectively: "Dead or alive we'll have him I'll Barber him"; "Provided nevertheless, if he does not we will have his son"; "I'll Butcher him if he wont come Dam him." A horseman, who has lost his stirrups, gallops after the coach, saying, "Dam Mr G-----s & Mr R------ns too I'll see if the Eloquence of a Bishop will not bring him." A man sprawling on the ground by the inn shouts towards the horseman, saying, "Stop him hes stole the Horse". A man lounges at the door of the inn holding the reins of several saddle-horses. The inn is inscribed 'Beef Steak House'; over the door is 'John Dickins'; an election flag inscribed 'Gregory' flies from a first-floor window. On the Rochester road in the foreground a post-chaise proceeds slowly with shuttered windows, but flying two flags. Words come from two invisible occupants: "Tho Smith's the best friend I have I'll oppose him Bob for fun's sake" and "This will Kill me Quite Matt". Two horsemen follow, saying, "I'll be ashamed to go into Town Tho its allmost Dark" and "I'll say I have been to Gravesend on business." In front of the chaise a horseman with a flag gallops, saying, "As I am the Manager I must haste to the Hall & nominate him tho' I know he wont come." In the distance two riders proceed on the Aylesbury road, saying, "I'll go this way that they may not laugh at me", and "friend so will I". A man lounging by the inn says "I should like to go to supper but I suppose they that go must pay". On each post-chaise is the letter 'A'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Publication date from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher's advertisement following the imprint: " ... where may be seen the compleatest collection of caricatures in the Kingdom, admittance 1 shilling [admittance 1 shilling crossed out] also the head & hand of Count Struenzee. Admittance one shilling."
Temporary local subject terms: Elections: Rochester Borough, 1790
Watermark: fleur-de-lis.
Mounted to 32 x 48 cm. - Provenance
- Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966;
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 20 x 48 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 790.05.20.02+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1790
Etchings England London 1790 - Material
- etching ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name)
-
Gregory, Robert, 1729?-1810
Smith, Nathaniel, 1730-1794
Great Britain. Parliament - Subject (Topic)
-
Elections, 1790
Politics and government
Carriages & coaches
Crowds
Taverns (Inns)
Traffic signs & signals - Subjects
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Gregory, Robert, 1729?-1810 > Caricatures and cartoons
Smith, Nathaniel, 1730-1794 > Caricatures and cartoons
Great Britain. Parliament > Elections, 1790
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1789-1820
Carriages & coaches
Crowds
Taverns (Inns)
Traffic signs & signals
England > 1790
England > London > 1790
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 7746053
- Object ID (OID)
- 10731272