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The Popular Candidate Surrounded by his Friends, 27 July 1802

 Item — Box: LF104/6 Box 1
Reference code: LF104/6/93

Scope and Contents

By Charles Williams. Mainwaring, beset by a mob, leans from the window of a carriage drawn (right to left) by a pair of horses. He is surrounded by a body of constables holding long staves; the decorated tops of the staves appear also on the farther side of the coach. Behind the constables (right) are men hurling large stones and cats at the roof of the carriage where Aris sits, his legs framing the window. He holds out a knotted scourge and shackles labelled 'Bread and Water too good fare for Vagrants and Evidences.' Mainwaring shouts: "Take them up! send them to the Bastile Flog them! starve them out - ". Aris says: "Aye only bring some of those Middlesex Electors to me & I'll warrant You I'll tame them they shall Hollow for Bread if they are able to Hollow at all, You'l support me w'ont you my Friend Inside." The mob shout: "No Bastile, no tortures, no Cruelty and no starvation, dont pretend to defend cruelty and then Sculk away when put to the test." Description from the British Museum.

Dates

  • Creation: 27 July 1802

Conditions Governing Access

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Extent

1 Item(s)

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

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