The Casting Vote or the Independent Speaker
Print
1805 (made)
1805 (made)
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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.
Object details
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| 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. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Frank A. Gibson |
| Bibliographic reference | BM:S.= British Museum: Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires, London, 1870-1954 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.1139-1990 |
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| Record created | February 18, 2009 |
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