Kentish Election (BM 1868,0808.3568)

Satire on the close contest in Kent in the general election of 1734. A hustings raised in a large open area in a small country town surrounded by a large crowd of men on horseback and foot many of whom carry whips or sticks; Whig supporters have cockades in their hats and Tories sprigs of oak. Prominent among the Whigs, on the right, is a mounted clergyman; one of man on foot calls out "Protest. Interest", another "Middlesex & Oxendon". Tories cry, "Country Interest", "Vane & Dering", "King & Country", "No Excise". The candidates stand on the crowded hustings while two clerks seated at tables record the votes. 1734
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