"Satire on the ministerial party's attempts at bribery to influence the poll at Brentford during the Middlesex By-election in December 1768. A drunken feast is taking place in a tavern with voters and others sitting round a table on which is a large j...
Description:
Title etched above image.
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publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Glynn, John, 1722-1779 and Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812
Subject (Topic):
Elections, Bribery, Eating & drinking, Butchers, and Pickpockers
Design based on true incident in 1768 during construction of the Grafton House
Alternative Title:
New Grafton House
Description:
Title from item.
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Subject (Name):
Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789, Carhampton, Henry Lawes Luttrell, Earl of, 1743-1821, Macpherson, John, Sir, 1745-1821, and Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812
A group of London merchants met on 8 March 1769 in the pub the "King's Arms" to address the King and express confidence in the current government, but it desolved into a fist fight. The participants are identified in the British Museum catalogue as Mr...
Description:
Title from caption etched above image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Dingley, Charles, -1769, Muilman, Peter, Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812, and Vaughan, Samuel
Subject (Topic):
Fighting, Interiors, Meetings, Merchants, and Taverns (Inns)
