City election race for the court plate
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| Caption | City election race for the court plate. Print shows on the left P – t Pitt, labeled "Bank Directorship", banging his head on the Temple Bar before even getting started, the center is filled with N – n ?, labeled "Motion for paying the Prince's Debts", falling off the back of a fox, labeled "Patriotism", which is ridden by T – e possibly Rev. John Horne Tooke, and L – s Sir Watkins Lewis riding a goat, labeled "British Hospitality", leaping over a log labeled "Banco Regis", and on the right, a woman labeled "Annuity" carrying a man with a wooden leg, W – n Brook Watson, on her shoulders, and on the far right, in the lead, is C – s William Curtis, proclaiming "Who would not run for a Contract – Biscuits for ever – Huzza.". Date 1790 June 23. |
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| Creator | unknown |
| Artwork medium | etching |
| Credit | Library of Congress |
| Terms of use | Public Domain |
| Search stock images by keyword | City election race court plate cartoons British |
| Stock image ref | Size | Views |
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| YC2003674090 | 3,940 x 1,536 pixels | 104 |
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