The petitioning candidate for Westminster [graphic].Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker[28 May 1784]eng"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 catalogueTitle etched below image.Printmaker identified as Rowlandson and artist identified as Lord James Manners in the British Museum catalogue and Grego.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+.Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides.Watermark.Formerly mounted on leaf 83 of volume 1 of 14 volumes.