Dark lanthern business, or, Mrs. Hob and Nob on a night canvass with a bosom friend [graphic].Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker[24 April 1784]engA night scene under the Piazza of Covent Garden, the center of which is seen through the arch of the arcade. A couple hurry arm-in-arm through a doorway (right) over which is Haddocks (a bagnio). The woman is the Duchess of Devonshire, shown with a bare breast and holding a lantern. She tells the prim young man "Vote for whom you please but kiss before you poll." He answers, "Tis too much neighbor! I could not go through with it." On the left behind the couple is Mrs. Hobart who holds her lantern to see an old Chelsea pensioner and a negro supported on stumps and crutches. She says to them, "D-m the Duchess, she got all the young voters."Title etched below image.Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.Sheet trimmed partially within plate mark.1 print : etching with stipple on laid paper ; sheet 24.6 x 34.8 cm.Sheet trimmed within plate mark.Watermark.Formerly mounted on leaf 68 of volume 1 of 14 volumes.