'The high-flying candidate, (ie Little Paul-Goose), mounting from a blanket', 1806. Artist: James Gillray
/1646002.jpg "'The high-flying candidate, (ie Little Paul-Goose), mounting from a blanket', 1806. Artist: James Gillray")
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'The high-flying candidate, (ie Little Paul-Goose), mounting from a blanket', 1806. View of the hustings in Covent Garden showing Sir Samuel Hood and Richard Sheridan tossing James Paull high in the air from a 'coalition-blanket'. A satire relating to the general election of 1806. Hood (tory) and Sheridan (Whig) won the two seats representing the Westminster constituency with Paull (Radical) finishing third.
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People Information
Creator
- James Gillray, attributed to: British, English: Artist, caricaturist, draftsman, engraver, printmaker
After
- James Gillray: British, English: Artist, caricaturist, draftsman, engraver, printmaker
Subject
- Viscount Samuel Hood: British; English: Sailor, admiral
- Richard Sheridan: Irish: Statesman, dramatist, playwright, politician
- James Paull: British: Politician
Category Hierarchy
History & Politics Politics Political Events
Artistic Representations Satires
Artistic Representations Caricatures
History & Politics Politics Politicians
Digital Image Size
Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3187x2278
File Size : 21,270kb
Aliases
- 18465
- p544806x
- 0220006104
- 1-646-002
- 1646002
- 18465
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