'The City Race', 1771. Artist: Anon
/1645859.jpg "'The City Race', 1771. Artist: Anon")
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'The City Race', 1771. Nash, on crutches inscribed Treasury leads a race to the Mansion House, followed by Sawbridge, Crosby (who has fallen down), Hallifax, Townsend and Bankes. In the background Wilkes, in mayoral robes, holds the cap of liberty aloft on a staff while Bull restrains the crowds, who are being harangued by Horne. It is an allusion to the mayoral election of1771.
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People Information
Creator
- Anon:
Subject
- John Wilkes: British: Politician, radical, journalist
- William Nash: British: Lord Mayor of London
- John Sawbridge: British: Lord Mayor of London
- Brass Crosby: British: Lord Mayor of London
- Sir Thomas Hallifax: British: Lord Mayor of London
- James Townsend: British: Lord Mayor of London
- Frederick Bull: British: Lord Mayor of London
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Lifestyle & Leisure Fashion & Dress
Artistic Representations Satires
Artistic Representations Caricatures
History & Politics Politics Politicians
Digital Image Size
Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3602x2156
File Size : 22,752kb
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- 18344
- p538303x
- 0220005950
- 1-645-859
- 1645859
- 18344
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