To the freeholder of Surrey

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John Thomas Smith
1766-1833
To the freeholder of Surrey
etching and engraving
sheet: 281 x 202 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 1915
Published: 
[England] : [publisher not identified], [1802 July]
Provenance: 
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
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Etching with engraved writing.
The verses begin "When Joe Surface was thrown on his back" and ends in large letters "For a Fox has stolen your Goose."

Summary: 

Heading to (engraved) election verses. Lord William Russell (left) bows, with gestures of homage, to Fox who stands on the pavement opposite the corner of a building from which projects a signpost: "To Brentford" [polling-place for Middlesex]. A dog befouls Russell's boot. Fox, whose paunch is inscribed "Victualled by subscription of the Nobility", places a large fool's cap on Russell's head. On the building, against which is a wayside latrine, is a large placard headed "Russel and Fox" surrounded by smaller notices: "Stop One Moment"; "Corresponding Society"; "Millers"; "H. Tooke"; "Stolen"; "Monster"; "Thelwall"; "50 Pounds Reward"; "Govr Wall"; "Burdett No Bastile"; "G. Jones"; "To Blind People"; "Fraud"; "Felony"; "Murder". From the signpost hangs a board on which a man is depicted inscribed "The Green Man from Dublin". A man stands in back view, reading the placard "Russel and Fox". On the left is engraved: "Mean time on every p-ss-g Post ... And p-ss against the same. Old Ballad".

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