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Thomas Rowlandson
1756-1827
The rival candidates
etching & stipple, hand coloring
plate mark: 239 x 349 mm; sheet: 217 x 325 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2458
Published:
[London] : Pubd April 8th, 1784 by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand, [1784]
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Notes:
Printmaker from BM Satires.
Title from item.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Summary:
A short and obese Demosthenes (Charles Fox) with a worried expression on his face, appears to be delivering a pledge. He stands between tall and thin figures of Themistocles (Admiral Hood) on the left and Judas Iscariot (Sir Cecil Wray) on the right, who watch him with a condescending smile.
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