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10. The drum major of sedition [graphic].

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [ca. 1868?]
Call Number:: Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
Collection Title:: Leaf 16. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: In the center of the image, Major John 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:: Title etched below image., Attribution to Rowlandson from the British Museum catalogue and Grego., Restrike. For original issue of the plate, see no. 6474 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], 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 ..., Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, pages 121-2., and On leaf 16 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:: Pubd. March 29, 1784, by Mrs. Dacheray, St. James's Street [i.e. Field & Tuer]
Subject (Geographic):: England, London., and Great Britain
Subject (Name):: Cartwright, John, 1740-1824 and Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816
Subject (Topic):: Elections, Politics and government, Public speaking, and Clothing & dress
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The drum major of sedition [graphic].

11. The man of moderation addressing his friends from the King's Arms, Westminster [graphic]

Creator:: Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
Published / Created:: Feby. 24th, 1784.
Call Number:: 784.02.24.01.1+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Charles Fox, with a fox's body, speaks to his supporters, shown as geese with human heads who crowd the windows of the King's Arms Tavern and the street below. At the top of the building, Fox's arms are supported by Burke and Lord North, each with a fox's body. Among the geese are the Prince of Wales and Mrs. Robinson in the upper right window, Sam House, shouting, "Huzza," in the bottom central window, and Jeffery Dunstan, the popular 'mayor of Garrett,' standing on the roof of a coach driven by the Earl of Surrey who stands on its box. The coach and its procession converge with a procession led by a goose carrying a standard with Cromwell's portrait signed, "Fox for ever," and the Cap of Liberty on its pole
Description:: Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 37 x 29 cm.
Publisher:: Pubd. as the act directs, by J. Cattermoul, No. 376, Oxford Street
Subject (Geographic):: England and London.
Subject (Name):: George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., House, Samuel, -1785., Dunstan, Jeffery, 1759?-1797., Surrey, Charles Howard, Earl of, 1746-1815., Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800., and Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658.
Subject (Topic):: Elections, Political campaigns, Public speaking, Liberty cap, Foxes, and Geese
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The man of moderation addressing his friends from the King's Arms, Westminster [graphic]

12. The man of moderation addressing his friends from the King's Arms, Westminster [graphic]

Creator:: Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
Published / Created:: [24 February 1784]
Call Number:: 784.02.24.01.2+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Charles Fox, with a fox's body, speaks to his supporters, shown as geese with human heads who crowd the windows of the King's Arms Tavern and the street below. At the top of the building, Fox's arms are supported by Burke and Lord North, each with a fox's body. Among the geese are the Prince of Wales and Mrs. Robinson in the upper right window, Sam House, shouting, "Huzza," in the bottom central window, and Jeffery Dunstan, the popular 'mayor of Garrett,' standing on the roof of a coach driven by the Earl of Surrey who stands on its box. The coach and its procession converge with a procession led by a goose carrying a standard with Cromwell's portrait signed, "Fox for ever," and the Cap of Liberty on its pole
Description:: Title from item. and Reissue by Hannah Humphrey of no. 6422 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6.
Publisher:: Pubd. 24 Feby. 1784 by H. Humphrey, No. 51 New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):: England and London.
Subject (Name):: George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., House, Samuel, -1785., Dunstan, Jeffery, 1759?-1797., Surrey, Charles Howard, Earl of, 1746-1815., Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800., and Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658.
Subject (Topic):: Elections, Political campaigns, Public speaking, Liberty cap, Foxes, and Geese
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The man of moderation addressing his friends from the King's Arms, Westminster [graphic]

13. To the worthy and independent electors of Westminster

Creator:: Townshend, John, Lord, author
Published / Created:: [1788]
Call Number:: File 646 788 T753
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: text and still image
Description:: A Westminster election handbill., Caption title., First line of text: Gentlemen, I beg leave to return you my best thanks for the liberal and spirited support I received from you this day., Signed and dated at end: John Townshend. Bentinck-Street, July 18, 1788., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):: England, London., and Westminster (London, England)
Subject (Name):: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Subject (Topic):: Elections, 1788 and Elections
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > To the worthy and independent electors of Westminster

14. Weymouth. On Tuesday next a grand spectacle will be exhibited by the managers of the Cumberland Company of Players, called The mock election

Published / Created:: [1812]
Call Number:: File 63 812 Er72
Image Count:: 2
Resource Type:: text
Alternative Title:: On Tuesday next a grand spectacle will be exhibited by the managers ...
Description:: Caption title., Dated in lower left: Oct. 26, 1812., A mock theater advertisement satirizing the controversial election in Weymouth when Prince Ernest Augustus was accused of influencing the election result in favour of the Tories., First lines: In the course of this farce, will be presented to the public, a splended [sic] procession in the order following: Britannia veiled, mourning her lost freedom ..., and With contemporary manuscript notes on the blank verso. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:: G. Kay, printer, adjoining the Guildhall, St. Edmund-Street, Weymouth
Subject (Geographic):: England and Weymouth (Dorset)
Subject (Name):: Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, 1771-1851.
Subject (Topic):: Elections
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Weymouth. On Tuesday next a grand spectacle will be exhibited by the managers of the Cumberland Company of Players, called The mock election