The Poll

April 12, 1784
Not on view
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.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 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)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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