Note 45 — Chapter V · SATIRES ON THE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS OF 1754.
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Hogarth, in the first state of the engraving, has made the superscription in the youthful candidate’s letter to be Sir Commodity Taxem, Bart. Nichols is not correct in describing this gentleman as Thomas Potter. Lord Wenman and Sir James Dashwood were the Whig candidates; the Tory representatives were Lord Parker and Sir E. Turner.