The petitioning candidate for Westminster [graphic].

Description

Title: The petitioning candidate for Westminster [graphic].
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.
Contributor: Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Manners, James, Lord, artist.
Riviere & Son Binding.
Published / Created: 1784 May 28
Copyright Date: [28 May 1784]
Publication Place: [London]
Publisher: T. Cornelle
Abstract: "Fox, with a fox's head and brush and dressed in tartan kilt and plaid, gallops (right to left) on a shaggy pony along the road from Kirkwall to London. He waves his cap, saying, "From the Heath covered Mountains of Scotia I come." The background is a mountainous landscape with a lake on which is a boat. A signpost (left) points (right) 'To Kirkwall' and (left) 'To London'."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description: CtY-BR
Later state, with alterations to text. For an earlier state with the title "The norther'n candidate for Westminster" and with the word "Scotia" in speech bubble misspelled "Scola," see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 784.05.28.01.1+.
Printmaker identified as Rowlandson and artist identified as Lord James Manners in the British Museum catalogue and Grego.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides.
Title etched below image.
Extent: 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 24.4 x 34.9 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 1
Collection Title: The political and humourous works of Thomas Rowlandson, 1774-1825
Collection/Other Creator: Harvey, Francis
Collection Created: London
Container / Volume: Vol. 1 (Box 2 of 2) | Folder I-83

Format: still image
Genre: Etchings--England--London--1784.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1784.
Watermarks (Paper)--CtY-BR
Resource Type: Prints & Photographs
Subject (Name): Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Manners, James, Lord, artist.
Riviere & Son Binding.

Access: Public
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Citation: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 6602
Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 143