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Mr L- the Irish arithmetician proving 296 to be more than 1143
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sheet: 160 x 99 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 1632
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[place not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1769?]
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Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Notes:
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Concerns the Middlesex election of April 13, 1769, in which Colonel Luttrell was returned over his opponent John Wilkes by the House of Commons, despite being outpolled by Wilkes by a wide margin.
Summary:
Print shows the figure of Colonel Luttrell standing, full length, in profile to the left, bareheaed and in the act of bowing as he says, "Devil burn me, but 296 is more than 1143 & I'll prove it upon this bit of paper"; he holds out a sheet of paper with a column of nonsensical figures show a majority of 8 for "Teague", and concluding "He has therefore a Right to Sit & Lye where he pleases."
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