Wit's last stake... persecution as it would appear in

as it would appear in Greenwich Park from the Observatory

The boys are on the left

a satire on the introduction to London of oriental methods of selling

View of St Katharine's Dock from the basin

Wit's last stake... persecution as it would appear in'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.