The Rival Candidates mb-width 4937 Crutched Friars

Crutched Friars

Interior view of Henry VII's chapel in Westminster Abbey

Wigs and hats are flying off

View of a sweep crossing in front of Blackfriars Bridge

The three men were among a number who had deserted fearing that the regiment was about to be sent to America

The Rival Candidates mb-width 4937 Crutched Friars'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