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Satirical etching: Election Compromise or a Cornish Hug in Westminster. Available to view online at The British Museum. © The Trustees of the British Museum. With grateful thanks to Stephen Curtin for locating it, and bringing to our attention.
A tall, stout fish-wife has seized a fashionably dressed man round the waist and lifted him up; his hat and tasselled cane have fallen to the ground. She is neatly dressed, with a flat hat tied over her cap, a checked apron, clocked stockings, and buckled shoes, but she wears a soldier’s coat over her […]