Sujet

'The Westminster Watchman', 1784. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson

Légende

'The Westminster Watchman', 1784. Charles James Fox as a watchman. In the background, two sham watchmen, Lord Hood and Sir Cecil Wray, his opponents in the Westminster constituency in the 1784 general election, are running away. The former is saying To Greenwich Ho a, and the latter, To Chelsea Ho a.

Date

1784

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/London Metropolitan Archives

Notre référence

HRM19A99_324

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

18,9Mo (1,3Mo) / 25,4cm x 18,7cm / 2996 x 2207 (300dpi)

Mots clés

animal standing England people male job man men politics country dog guy occupation British English Westminster location century Britain profession staff fleeing concept B&W watchman cartoon rival MONOCHROME politician running away black & white black and white B W 18th century Eighteenth Century political event statesman Guildhall Library & Art Gallery general election Whig Cecil Wray Charles James Fox Viscount Samuel Hood etching caricature satire Thomas Rowlandson Thomas Samuel Thomas Rowlandson;Rowlandson Hood Viscount Samuel Samuel Hood 1st Viscount Hood Fox Charles James Charles Fox Cecil Wray Sir Cecil Wray Rowlandson Thomas