Female Politicians
Thomas Rowlandson British
After George Murgatroyd Woodward British
Publisher Thomas Tegg British
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Four ladies sit at a table, two elderly and two young. The woman at left reads a newspaper and screams, "Mercy on us here is news!! They write from Hanover that when Boney part took possession of that country, he ravish'd all the Women!!" The other, holding up her fan, exclaims: "O! the Wretch". The two younger ladies at right turn to each other, and say, "It is very true Ma'am it is only a word and a blow with him—Your Honour or your property", and "Well Ma'am if he should come here, at all events I will take care of my property". A younger girl, sitting a small distance away from the table at right says: "So will I Mamma!"
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