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Creator Dawkins, Henry, d. 1786?
Contributor Du Simitiere, Pierre Eugene, ca. 1736-1784, former owner.
Title The election, humbly inscrib'd to the Saturday-Nights Club, in Lodge Alley [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia] : [publisher not identified]
Date [1765]
Physical Description 1 print : etching and engraving ; sheet 47 x 33 cm (18.75 x 13 in.)
Description At the top, depicts the 1765 the election for the county and city of Philadelphia. In the left, shows Britannia, depicted as a white woman, with a shield with the Union Jack and a liberty cap and pole, saying "Oh my sons, my sons." America, depicted as a white woman, carries a sword and replies "Don't grieve too much sister." Treachery, depicted as a white women with two faces, stands behind Britannia with a dagger and says, "I hope that will do for you Madam." A large group of men stand in the foreground, including clergymen, and discuss the election. In the background, a line of men enter a building to vote.
Is referenced by Evans, 9963
Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 2120
Murrell, 10 (1764).
Notes Title from item.
Date from Evans.
"About 150 lines of blank verse [in four columns] engraved on copper, with a picture of the election at the top."--Hildeburn.
First line: Long with a Cruel, and perfidious Hand:
Manscript note by DuSimitiere: Published after the election of the members for the county and city of Philadelphia for the first of 8be 1765.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Subject America.
Britannia.
Pennsylvania. Provincial Assembly -- Elections.
Allegories.
Clergy -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Men -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Voting -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Pennsylvania -- Politics and government -- To 1775.
Genre Political cartoons -- 1760-1770.
Provenance Du Simitiere, Pierre Eugene, ca. 1736-1784, former owner.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| PRINT| political cartoons [1765] Ele [959.F.88 (DuSimitiere)]
Accession number 959.F.88 (DuSimitiere)