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The Borough Mongers Strangled in the Tower

Publisher Thomas Tegg British
April 26, 1810
Not on view
Sir Francis Burdett stands in a stone archway, gripping the necks of "borough-mongers" in each hand. The man at right has a paper in his pocket that says, "Burrows in Cornwall Bought an Sold Apply to" and he holds a bag of "Extortion Money" while a bag inscribed "Bribery and Corruption" drops from his other hand. The other man has a paper in his pocket that says, "Rotten Bourough to be Disposed of" and has dropped money bags inscribed "Rapine" and "Drainings from the hard hand of the industrious Poor." Another man lies on the ground at right.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Borough Mongers Strangled in the Tower
  • Series/Portfolio: "Tegg's Caricatures"
  • Artist: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)
  • Publisher: Thomas Tegg (British, London 1776–1846 London)
  • Subject: Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Baronet (British, 1770–1844)
  • Date: April 26, 1810
  • Medium: Hand-colored etching
  • Dimensions: Plate: 13 9/16 × 9 13/16 in. (34.4 × 24.9 cm)
    Sheet: 14 3/4 × 10 1/4 in. (37.4 × 26.1 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund and Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, by Exchange, 1970
  • Object Number: 1970.541.32
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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