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The canvassing macaroni and true British elector
[London] : Published by Wm. Omer July 29th 1788 Little Mays Buildings St. Martins Lane London, [1788]
etching
plate mark: 347 x 249 mm; sheet: 383 x 260 mm
Peel 3366
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Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
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Illustrated song sheet, with thirty lines of etched verse in dialogue in two columns below design.
"To the tune of 'Mrs. Casey' (Wrote without fear of a Hanger)".
First line: Your vote and interest for my friend I earnestly solicit.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Summary:
Print shows an elector at left, threatened by a mob of bludgeon-bearing supporters of Townshend at right, whose ranks include George Hanger, Fox, and Burke.
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