The drum major of sedition [graphic].

Description

Title: The drum major of sedition [graphic].
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.
Contributor: Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Cartwright, John,--1740-1824--Caricatures and cartoons.
Darchery, Elizabeth, publisher.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Hood, Samuel Hood,--Viscount,--1724-1816--Caricatures and cartoons.
Riviere & Son Binding.
Published / Created: 1784 March 29
Copyright Date: [29 March 1784]
Publication Place: [London]
Publisher: Mrs. Dackery, St. James's Street
Abstract: In the center of the image, Major Cartwright holds a long staff in his right hand, as he delivers a pro-Pitt speech in Covent Garden. To his right, in a pleading attitude, stands Lord Hood, the ministerial candidate opposing Charles Fox in the upcoming Westminster election. Neither attracts any attention from the crowd of Fox's supporters listening to a man speaking from the portico of St. Paul's.
Description: Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Ten lines of text below title: All gentlemen and others electors for Westminster who are ready and willing to surrender their rights and those of their fellow citizens to secret influence ...
Title etched below image.
Extent: 1 print : etching ; plate mark 35.0 x 25.1 cm, on sheet 40 x 30 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 1
Collection Title: The political and humourous works of Thomas Rowlandson, 1774-1825
Collection / Other Creator: Harvey, Francis
Collection Created: London
Container / Volume: Vol. 1 (Box 2 of 2) | Folder I-52

Format: still image
Genre: Etchings--England--London--1784.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1784.
Resource Type: Prints & Photographs
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain--Politics and government--1760-1789.
Subject (Name): Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Cartwright, John,--1740-1824--Caricatures and cartoons.
Darchery, Elizabeth, publisher.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Hood, Samuel Hood,--Viscount,--1724-1816--Caricatures and cartoons.
Riviere & Son Binding.
Subject (Topic): Clothing & dress--England--1780-1790.
Elections--England--Westminster (London).
Public speaking.

Access: Public
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Citation: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 6474
Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, pages 121-2