The Poll

Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood|Thomas Rowlandson|Charles James Fox|William Humphrey|Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire|Sir Cecil Wray

April 12, 1784 · Hand-colored etching · Drawings and Prints

The Poll — Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood|Thomas Rowlandson|Charles James Fox|William Humphrey|Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire|Sir Cecil Wray

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.

Artist
Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood|Thomas Rowlandson|Charles James Fox|William Humphrey|Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire|Sir Cecil Wray
Date
April 12, 1784
Medium
Hand-colored etching
Department
Drawings and Prints
Credit line
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959