The drum major of sedition [graphic].

Description

Title: The drum major of sedition [graphic].
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor: Darchery, Elizabeth, approximately 1739-1819, publisher.
Published / Created: [29 March 1784]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. March 29, 1784, by Mrs. Dacheray, St. James's Street
Abstract: In the center of the image, Major 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.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
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 ...
Mounted to 44 x 31 cm.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 35.0 x 26 cm, on sheet 40 x 30 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1784
Etchings England London 1784
Material: etching ;
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
London.
Westminster (London, England)
Subject (Name): Cartwright, John, 1740-1824
Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816
Subject (Topic): Elections
Public speaking
Clothing & dress
Subjects: Cartwright, John, 1740-1824 > Caricatures and cartoons
Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816 > Caricatures and cartoons
Elections > England > London
Westminster (London, England)
Public speaking
Clothing & dress > England > 1780-1790
England > 1784
England > London > 1784
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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