"Satire on the election of April 1754; the elected candidates chaired to Guildhall; the first state without the results of the poll in the foreground."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Some folks at Guild-Hall
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Earlier state, without "Ministers of propagation" inscribed below a group of clergymen in upper left background., Eight stanzas of verse in four columns below title: O! see my raree shew good folks, all you who love election jokes ..., Plate numbered 'No. 3' on lower right., and Temporary local subject terms: Lottery: allusion to profits from lottery -- Shows: allusion to raree show -- Bills: Jews Naturalization Bill, 1753 -- Societies: Propagation of the Gospel -- Silversmiths: B. Jiffles -- Buildings -- Trades: butchers -- Newspapers: The Public Advertiser -- City of London: contest for representation of the City -- Quackery -- Livery of London: address to the Livery of London by A. Freeport, Feb. 1754 -- Literature: Address to the Livery of London by Andrew Freeport, 1754 -- Elections: parliamentary elections, 1754 -- Bridges: allusion to the Blackfriars Bridge -- Armine Wodehouse, 5th bt., ca. 1714-1777
Publisher:
Sold by John Smith at Hogarths Head, opposite Wood Street, Cheapside
published according to act of Parliament, April 1754.
Call Number:
754.04.00.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of price information., Temporary local subject terms: Trades: tailor -- Cuckoldsd -- Aldermen -- Slingsby Bether, 1695-1758, 'Buzzard' -- Sir Robert Ladbroke, 1713-1773 -- Sir William Clavert, ?1703-1761., and Watermark: countermark W.
Title etched above image., Sheet trimmed to and within plate mark., 'Price 6d.', Eight stanzas of verse in four columns below image: O! Shade of Durfey grant me vit-a / To sing these jockies of the City ..., Temporary local subject terms: Elections: parliamentary elections, 1754 -- Elections: contest for representation of the City of London -- Bills: Jews Naturalization Bill, 1753 -- Jews: pedlar -- Race: horse race -- Jockies -- Gin-seller -- Elections: candidates -- Horses -- Grand stands -- Slingsby Bether, 1695-1758, 'Buzzard' -- Sir Robert Ladbroke, 1713-1773 -- Sir William Clavert, ?1703-1761 -- Allusion to Mary Squires, d. 1761., and Watermark: countermark I V.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliament, 1754, and sold by M. Cooper at the Globe in Pater Noster Row
