The rival candidates [graphic].

Description

Title: The rival candidates [graphic].
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.
Contributor: Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Hood, Samuel Hood,--Viscount,--1724-1816--Caricatures and cartoons.
Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, publisher.
Riviere & Son Binding.
Wray, Cecil,--Sir,--1734-1805--Caricatures and cartoons.
Published / Created: 1784 April 8
Copyright Date: [8 April 1784]
Publication Place: [London]
Publisher: W. Humphry, no. 227 Strand
Abstract: A short and obese Demosthenes (Charles Fox) with a worried expression on his face, appears to be delivering a pledge. He stands between tall and thin figures of Themistocles (Admiral Hood) on the left and Judas Iscariot (Sir Cecil Wray) on the right, who watch him with a condescending smile.
Description: Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher's name and address at end of imprint statement are stipple engraved and fainter than the text at the beginning of imprint, which is etched.
Title etched below image.
Extent: 1 print : etching and stipple engraving on wove paper ; plate mark 23.9 x 34.9 cm, on sheet 27 x 38 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-57

Format: still image
Genre: Etchings--England--London--1784.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1784.
Stipple engravings--England--London--1784.
Watermarks (Paper)--CtY-BR
Resource Type: Prints & Photographs
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain--Politics and government--1760-1789.
Subject (Name): Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Hood, Samuel Hood,--Viscount,--1724-1816--Caricatures and cartoons.
Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, publisher.
Riviere & Son Binding.
Wray, Cecil,--Sir,--1734-1805--Caricatures and cartoons.
Subject (Topic): Clothing & dress--England--1780-1790.
Political elections--England--Westminster--1784.
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. 6510
Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, pages 124-5