The Casting Vote or the Independent Speaker

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Artist/Maker	S. W. Fores (publisher) Charles ('Argus') Williams (maker)
Place of origin	Great Britain (made)

General Description: The Casting Vote or the Independent Speaker (BM:S.10391). Caricature of the casting vote of Charles Abbot, speaker of the House of Commons, against 1st Viscount Melville in the Commons debate on 8th April 1805 on the Tenth Report of the Commission of Naval Inquiry. British. Lettered with title, inscribed with captions and Pubd April 24th, 1805 by S W Fores 50 Piccadilly and Folios of Caractures lent out for the Evening. With the mark of the collection of Frank A. Gibson (d.1976) on the back.

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Category	Prints
Object type	Print
Title	The Casting Vote or the Independent Speaker
Materials and techniques	Etching, coloured by hand
Brief description	Satirical print by Williams, from a 'Folio of Caricatures lent out for the Evening' - 'The Casting Vote'
Physical description	General Description: The Casting Vote or the Independent Speaker (BM:S.10391). Caricature of the casting vote of Charles Abbot, speaker of the House of Commons, against 1st Viscount Melville in the Commons debate on 8th April 1805 on the Tenth Report of the Commission of Naval Inquiry. British. Lettered with title, inscribed with captions and Pubd April 24th, 1805 by S W Fores 50 Piccadilly and Folios of Caractures lent out for the Evening. With the mark of the collection of Frank A. Gibson (d.1976) on the back.
Dimensions	Cut to height: 34.7cm Cut to width: 24.1cm Cut to 34.7 x 24.1 cm
Credit line	Bequeathed by Frank A. Gibson
Bibliographic reference	BM:S.= British Museum: Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires, London, 1870-1954
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.1139-1990

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Record created	February 18, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O189569/the-casting-vote-or-the-print-charles-argus-williams/

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