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The F--x and H--d, or, Rival candidates : humbly address'd to the worthy electors of W---r [i.e. Westminster]
Published
[England?] : [publisher not identified], Pubd. as the Act directs Septr. 18, 1780.
etching with roulette
plate mark: 182 x 244 mm; sheet: 19 x 25 cm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2330
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
An obese man with fox's head, holding a sheet of paper inscribed "On the Freedom of Election," is facing his very thin opponent with a hound's head holding a sheet inscribed "Services done in America." They represent, respectively, Charles James Fox, and Thomas Pelham, Lord Lincoln, the latter supported by the court.
Associated names
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
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