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A see-saw representing the election taking place between Wray and Fox at the polling booth behind them in Covent Garden. Mrs. Hobart is on the left side of the see-saw with Lord Hood and Sir Cecil Wray standing beside her, and the Duchess of Devonshire is on the right side with Charles James Fox standing beside her.
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Title: The Poll
Artist:
Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)
Publisher:
William Humphrey (British, 1742?–in or before 1814)
Sitter:
Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood (British, 1724–1816)
Sitter:
Sir Cecil Wray (British, Yorkshire 1734–1805 Lincolnshire)
Sitter:
Charles James Fox (British, 1749–1806)
Sitter:
Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire (British, Wimbledon, Surrey 1757–1806 Devonshire)
Date: April 12, 1784
Medium: Hand-colored etching
Dimensions: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 13 9/16 in. (24.1 × 34.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Object Number: 59.533.56(b)
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