The Westminster return [graphic].

Description

Title: The Westminster return [graphic].
Creator: Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
Published / Created: March 10th, 1785.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. as the act directs by J. Brown, Rathbone Place
Description: Title etched below image.
Printmaker from unverified data from local card catalog record.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Temporary local subject terms: Proposed abolition of Chelsea Hospital -- Allusion to Chelsea pensioners -- Westminster electors as geese -- Allusion to the House of Commons -- Signs: sign-posts -- Asses -- Election scrutiny -- Taxes: small beer tax.
Partial watermark top center of sheet: Fleur-de-lis on shield, with initials L V G below.
Provenance: Suckling; February 1960;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 25.0 x 33.8 cm, on sheet 27.0 x 38.0 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1785
Drypoints England London 1785
Etchings England London 1785
Material: etching & drypoint ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
London.
Subject (Name): Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
House, Samuel, -1785
Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805
Hall, Edward, active 1784-1793
Chelsea Hospital for Women (London, England)
Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic): Elections, 1784
Butchers
Weavers
Political elections
Subjects: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
House, Samuel, -1785 > Caricatures and cartoons
Pitt, William, 1759-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805 > Caricatures and cartoons
Hall, Edward, active 1784-1793 > Caricatures and cartoons
Chelsea Hospital for Women (London, England)
Great Britain. Parliament > Elections, 1784
Butchers
Weavers
Political elections > England > London
England > 1785
England > London > 1785

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