Wit's last stake... Finish:Single Elevation of Westminster Hall

Elevation of Westminster Hall

passing through a geat circus in which stands the Royal Exchange

View looking from St James's Park

General view of Hampstead

'Hearth-stones

Wit's last stake... Finish:Single Elevation of Westminster Hall'Wit's last stake', 1784. Scene in a poor district of Westminster (Peter Street). The Duchess of Devonshire is canvassing a cobbler. She is supported on Charles James Fox's knee. Fox is giving his right hand to a ragged man, to whom Sam House is holding up a tankard. The duchess was a prominent campaigner on Fox's behalf during the general election of 1784. House was a well known innkeeper who was also a committed supporter of Fox.