The Banker's Election Triumph or a Caution to Moneyd People (BM 1855,0414.309)

Satire on a corrupt banker and member of parliament. William Belchier, banker in Lombard Street and MP for Southwark wearing a tartan waistcoat, is driven in a coach, its door emblazoned with his monogram and two sailors standing up behind, along a street, presumably in his constituency. The crowd reacts in different ways: an old woman raises her fists in anger that her apple cart has been overturned; a publican holding a large tankard who will support any candidate who pays for liquor; a Quaker is determined to hold on to his money; two clergymen thank Belchier for their livings and tythes; two voters trusting Belchier to protect their Liberty and Property (to which he responds curtly); two sailors, one holding a cudgel making fun of the crowd, the other dancing as he plays the fiddle saying that if he were the candidate he would "play up siuch a tune should get all their Mopusses" (i.e. money); an old couple predicting trouble; a Scot admires Belchier and a smiling old gentleman agrees; in the centre a dog chases a street urchin.
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