Covent Garden Market, Westminster Election

Auguste Charles Pugin|Thomas Rowlandson|John Bluck

July 1, 1808 · Hand-colored etching and aquatint · Drawings and Prints

This print records temporary wooden stands erected outside St.Paul's Church in Covent Garden Market to allow politicians running for Parliament in the Westminster election to address voters. On this occasion a large crowd has gathered, carrying banners and spilling out into the square, with some figures perched on a roof at right to listen to a speaker.

Artist

Auguste Charles Pugin|Thomas Rowlandson|John Bluck

Date

July 1, 1808

Medium

Hand-colored etching and aquatint

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959