Scene in a country town with two newly-elected members of parliament (one a representation of george bubb doddington, the other visible only as a shadow on a distant wall) carried shoulder-high along the street, led by a blind and ragged fiddler and surrounded by a chaotic and disreputable crowd; two chimney boys sit on the church wall, a dancing-bear interferes with a donkey's load and is about to be clubbed by the driver, the one-legged bear-leader (dressed in sailor's clothes) is engaged in a fight with a man swinging a flail, a rifle slung over a monkey's shoulder discharges to the horror of a black serving woman, a sow and her piglets up-end a woman as they charge across the street, a soldier stripped to the waist for a boxing bout is taking tobacco from a wrapper; to right, dishes of food are being carried into an elegant house where victory is being celebrated. Published state. 1758
etching and engraving. Date: 1758. Dimensions: Height: 435 mm; Width: 558 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Sir George Hay. Collection: British Museum. Chairing the Members Plate 4 (BM S,2.135)
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