Casting up the poll and declaring the majority, by Mr. Reynard, William Dent, 1792

Fox, a colossus, stands taking from his mouth a small demon; others fall to the ground and dance at his feet. There are seven in all, two have the brush of a fox. One of these, who capers on the left, balances on his head an upright staff supporting a picture of a fox running: on its back a group of houses dominated by the abbey and inscribed 'westminster'. The frame is inscribed 'preserving the rights of the city'. Beneath it is an election favour inscribed 'towns end'. The staff is inscribed 'freedom of election' and transfixes a cap of liberty, reversed, and inscribed 'jews - marrow bones & cleavers, weavers, bludgeon men, chairmen, lodgers, nonentities, proxies, dead men, widows &c. ' after the title is etched: 'canvasser, representative, dictator and returning officer, alias, the man and master of the people. ' 4 august 1788 hand-coloured etching. Date: 1792. Dimensions: Height: 276 mm; Width: 178 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Charles James Fox. Collection: British Museum. Casting up the poll and declaring the majority, by Mr. Reynard (BM 1868,0808.5778)