'The Westminster Watchman', 1784. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson


'The Westminster Watchman', 1784. Charles James Fox as a watchman. In the background, two sham watchmen, Lord Hood and Sir Cecil Wray, his opponents in the Westminster constituency in the 1784 general election, are running away. The former is saying To Greenwich Ho a, and the latter, To Chelsea Ho a.


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