The drum major of sedition [graphic].Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker[29 March 1784]engIn 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.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 ...1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 35.1 x 24.7 cm.Inferfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with slight loss of text from lower left corner.Formerly mounted on leaf 52 of volume 1 of 14 volumes.