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Summary
The Poll
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Artist |
Print made by: Thomas Rowlandson
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Title |
The Poll |
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Description |
English: A see-saw representing the state of the poll between Fox and Wray, Mrs. Hobart (left) seated on one end, the Duchess of Devonshire (right) on the other, in front of the polling-booth in Covent Garden. Mrs. Hobart, enormously fat, quite out-weighs the Duchess, and is, moreover, held down by Lord Hood who kneels behind her (left), while Sir Cecil Wray stands beside him watching the contest with an enigmatical expression. Fox stands behind the Duchess trying to hold down her end of the plank, but in vain; his uplifted left arm and closed eyes express the despair which he actually felt in the early days of polling (Russell, 'Corr. of Fox', ii. 267). The ladies face each other astride the plank, their arms outstretched, their bosoms bare.
Hand-coloured etching |
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Depicted people | Associated with: Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
1784 date QS:P571,+1784-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q6373 |
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Accession number |
1851,0901.203 |
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Notes |
(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VI, 1938) Dated to 12 April 1784 by Mr. Hawkins and Grego, probably because at this date the majority of Wray over Fox was at its highest point, see Appendix I. The first appearance in this catalogue of the much caricatured Mrs. Hobart (see Index). Her canvassing for Hood and Wray was the subject of many squibs. The print was perhaps suggested by a press paragraph (n.d.) quoted in the 'Westminster Election', p. 325: 'Mrs Hobart, to convince the world that Sir Cecil as well as Mr Fox, is a favourite of the loveliest part of the creation, takes her station near Sir Cecil's side of the Hustings .. . and where, ye agents and observers, can you find among the female race, one fitter to be placed in contrast to the fair Duchess?" Mrs. Hobart (d. 11 Mar. 1816, aged 77) was related to Sir C. Wray: she was the daughter of Lord Vere Bertie by Ann Carey, illegitimate daughter and heiress of Sir C. Wray, 11th bart., who was succeeded by his cousin, father of the candidate. Grego, 'Rowlandson', i. 127. |
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Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1851-0901-203 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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