A journey to Malmsbury [graphic].

Description

Title: A journey to Malmsbury [graphic].
Creator: Barrow, J., active 1782-1785, printmaker.
Contributor: Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
North, Frederick,--Lord,--1732-1792--Caricatures and cartoons.
Published / Created: 1784 March 2
Copyright Date: [20 March 1784]
Publication Place: [London]
Publisher: H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Abstract: Charles Fox, sitting in a 'pass-cart' reserved for paupers forced to return to the place of their origin, is transported to Malmsbury, the borough he represented until his election for Westminster in 1780. Lord North, standing under a tree, expresses his regret over this situation. A reference to Fox's expected defeat in the 1784 Westminster election.
Description: Questionable attribution to J. Barrow from British Museum catalogue.
Title from text above image.
Extent: 1 print : etching ; plate mark 24.7 x 34.7 cm, on sheet 29 x 38 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: still image
Genre: Etchings--England--London--1784.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1784.
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain--Politics and government--1760-1789.
Subject (Name): Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
North, Frederick,--Lord,--1732-1792--Caricatures and cartoons.
Subject (Topic): Carts & wagons.
Clothing & dress--England--1780-1790.

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. 6456