Westminster Election.
I.R. Cruikshank. del & fec.t.
London Pu.d by J.J. Stockdale, 41 Pall Mall, 16th July 1818.
Coloured etching. 220 x 260mm (8¾ x 10¼"). Trimmed into plate top and bottom.
A view of the hustings erected in front of St Paul's Church, with Henry Hunt haranguing the crowd. Frontispiece to 'The Poll Book, for electing Two Representatives in Parliament for ... Westminster'. John James Stockdate was the publisher who tried to blackmail the Duke of Wellington with the ''Memoirs of Harriette Wilson'', receiving the reply 'Publish and be damned'.
BM Satires 13003.
[Ref: 51686] £260.00
London Pu.d by J.J. Stockdale, 41 Pall Mall, 16th July 1818.
Coloured etching. 220 x 260mm (8¾ x 10¼"). Trimmed into plate top and bottom.
A view of the hustings erected in front of St Paul's Church, with Henry Hunt haranguing the crowd. Frontispiece to 'The Poll Book, for electing Two Representatives in Parliament for ... Westminster'. John James Stockdate was the publisher who tried to blackmail the Duke of Wellington with the ''Memoirs of Harriette Wilson'', receiving the reply 'Publish and be damned'.
BM Satires 13003.
[Ref: 51686] £260.00