The Rival Candidates mb-width 4937 View of a sweep crossing

View of a sweep crossing in front of Blackfriars Bridge

'Sir William Garrard

who is lifted form the ground by their efforts

Crutched Friars

The Rival Candidates mb-width 4937 View of a sweep crossing'The Rival Candidates', 1784. The three candidates for the Westminster constituency at the 1784 general election. Charles James Fox in the centre, in the pose of orator, is inscribed Demosthenes; Lord Hood on the left is inscribed Themistocles; and Sir Cecil Wray on the right, with a sly expression, is called Judas Iscariot. A satire on Wray for his desertion of Fox. In a close contest, Hood and Fox won the two available seats with Wray losing out in