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Westminster Election 1780 / E--g Inv.

Westminster Election 1780 / E--g Inv.

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TITLE:  Westminster election 1780 / E--g inv. CALL NUMBER:  PC 1 - 5699 (A size) [P&P]PC 1 - 5699 Another impression. REPRODUCTION NUMBER:  LC-USZ62-45450 (b&w film copy neg.) RIGHTS INFORMATION:  No known restrictions on publication. SUMMARY:  Print shows Lord Lincoln standing on the right of St. Paul's portico, Charles James Fox standing in the center with Britannia and the British lion, and on the left, James Young, acting as proxy for Admiral Rodney, with Neptune, during the Westminster election; a large crowd fills the foreground. MEDIUM:  1 print : etching. CREATED/PUBLISHED:  [London] : Publish'd as the Act directs by P Mitchell North Audly St Grosr Sqr & J. Harris, Sweeting Alley, Cornhill, 1780 Septr. 25. NOTES: Title from item. Inscribed in ink at top: N.B. This is the original plate - out of the "Strawberry Hill Collection" etched by Lord Townsend who sometimes assumed the cognomen of "Earwig" - this plate was afterwards more finished - see opposite. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 5699 Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1975, no. 775. SUBJECTS: Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806. Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Clinton,--Duke of,--1752-1795. Political elections--England--1780. Porticoes (Porches)--England--1780. Crowds--England--1780. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783. FORMAT: Cartoons (Commentary) British 1780.Etchings British 1780. REPOSITORY:  Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA DIGITAL ID:  (digital file from b&w film copy neg.) cph 3a45645 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a45645 CONTROL #:  2004673387