The Westminster electors charing their favorite candidate [graphic].
- Published/Created:
- [London]
[Pub by Mrs. Darchery April 16, 1783 St. James Street]
[16 April 1783] - Physical Description:
- 1 print : etching ; sheet 25 x 36 cm.
- Notes:
- Title from item.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publication information from George.
Mounted to 29 x 40 cm. - Abstract:
- Charles Fox, with a fox's head, seated in an ornate chair resting on two poles, is carried by four men with asses' heads. Several others, also with asses' heads, men and women alike, cheer him enthusiastically displaying various items pertaining to the Westminster election which he won unopposed on April 7. The geese, representing the electors, lead the way holding in their beaks strings attached to the poles. The triumphant procession is watched with disbelief by three owls sitting on a tree branch in the upper right corner of the image.
- Variant Titles:
- Westminster electors chairing their favorite candidate
- Topics:
- Clothing & dress -- England -- 1780-1790
Donkeys
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Geese
Owls
Political elections -- England -- Westminster -- 1783 - Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Etchings -- England -- London -- 1783
Satires (Visual works) -- England -- 1783 - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- Rights:
- These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html
- Call Number:
- 783.04.16.01+ Impression 1
- Orbis Record:
- 6806870
- Yale Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Digital Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Local Record Number:
- lwlpr05181
- Volume/Enumeration:
- Digital version
- OID:
- 10724745
- PID:
- digcoll:552433
