Orange jumper / etch'd by J. Gillray.

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James Gillray
1756-1815
Orange jumper / etch'd by J. Gillray.
London : Pubd March 6th 1809 by H Humphrey St James's Street, [1809]
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.359
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London : Pubd March 6th 1809 by H. Humphrey St James's Street, [1809]
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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Annotations in pencil on verso describing the subject of Gillray's caricature.

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Print shows Sir George Savile as an elderly man outside a building on which are posted election placards, holding out his (orange-coloured) hat in which is a favour and a ticket inscribed Milton. He is round-shouldered, long-waisted, and bandy-legged, wearing riding-dress with spurred top-boots, and a coat reaching nearly to his heels, with a fox embroidered on the collar. On the wall which forms a background is a placard: State of the Poll. Wilberforce 11808, Milton 11.177, Lascelles 10,990. Other placards are Steele Traps, No Pretender, No Popery [torn], No Melville No Plunder, No Slavery Milton for Ever. From a narrow board inscribed Etridge on the corner of the wall projects a flagstaff supporting a pennant inscribed Saville in large letters.

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