A man looks from a top-floor window of a brick house, saying, "I am lockd up against my will, pray is the Poll over". In front of the house a stout, plainly dressed man holds up a key; he says, grinning, "He shall not come out unless he Votes for us, Independence for Ever". He is threatened by persons who stand on the right; the foremost says: "Damn your independence give the Poor fellow his liberty". A man behind him says: "By the law of this free Country I Demand The person Detained in your Bastille". Behind these two and on the extreme left is a group of artisans or country labourers with sticks; they say: "I wish Govr Lockup and Dr Snake were both at the Divel they are fit Companions for Each other"; "Our Freedom is gone, and Damn me if it is we'll storm the Bastille Death or liberty"; "Huzz Huzza". Beneath the design is etched: 'This Sketch is humbly Inscribed to Geo: Lockup Esqr Govr of the new Bastille north Street.'
<p><br>The house has a high-walled garden but does not resemble a prison. It is a brick building of three stories; the windows on the front floor have sun-blinds. It is probably a private lunatic asylum in which electors have been confined.   c.June 1790
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