File:The very wise aldermen of Gotham, scratching for a mayor (BM 1868,0808.13252).jpg
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[edit]The very wise aldermen of Gotham, scratching for a mayor
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The very wise aldermen of Gotham, scratching for a mayor |
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English: A throng of figures in furred gowns, most of whom have animals' heads, surround a table, on which are open polling books, with triple columns of names. At the further side of the table sits Alderman Bull, with a bull's head, writing with a pen in his cloven hoof. On his right hand is Wilkes. Behind stands a man with a goat's beard and horns probably intended for Watkin Lewes. Harley as an ape wearing spurred boots enters from the right. n.d. c. Oct 1774
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Depicted people | Representation of: Frederick Bull | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
1774 date QS:P571,+1774-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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institution QS:P195,Q6373 |
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Accession number |
1868,0808.13252 |
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Notes |
(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', V, 1935) Probably from a magazine. [From the 'Sentimental Magazine', Oct. [Nov.] 1773. It relates to the election of 1773 when Bull was chosen by the aldermen, see BMSat 5129, &c.] At the election for the mayoralty in Oct. 1774 Wilkes was head of the poll, next being Bull, the actual mayor. These two were therefore returned to the Court of Aldermen, eleven of them voted for Wilkes, while only two, Townsend and Oliver, voted for Bull. Sharpe, 'London and the Kingdom', iii. 143-4. Cf. BMSat 5129, 5130, 5131. |
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Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-13252 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 |
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File change date and time | 10:34, 21 September 2005 |
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