print; satirical print

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Object Type: print; satirical print
Museum number: 1868,0808.3960
Title: Object: A Stir in the City, or some folks at Guild-Hall
Description: Satire on the election of April 1754; the elected candidates chaired to Guildhall; the first state without the results of the poll in the foreground. May 1754 Etching
Producer name: Attributed to: Anthony Walker; Published by: John Smith of Cheapside
School/style
Production date: 1754
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 208 millimetres; Width: 380 millimetres (trimmed)
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: See 'London 1753', BM 2003, cat.1.34 Sir Andrew Freeport was a character from The Spectator
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Representation of: Rev John Henley; Representation of: Sir William Calvert; Representation of: Joshua Ward; Representation of: Sir John Barnard; Representation of: Sir Richard Glyn; Representation of: William Beckford; Representation of: Slingsby Bethel; Representation of: Sir Robert Ladbroke; Representation of: Sir Crisp Gascoyne; Representation of: Mary Squires; Representation of: William Hogarth; Representation of: William Benn; Associated with: Edward Gardiner; Associated with: James Brydges, 3rd Duke of Chandos; Representation of: Samson Gideon; Associated with: George Townshend, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend; Associated with: Sir Armine Wodehouse
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1868
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1868,0808.3960

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