Design in an oval. A candidate, hat in hand, obsequiously addresses an election mob from a hustings. He wears a mask, which covers his face, representing features set in a smile. He is in profile to the right, over his eye is a black patch. He bends forward, holding out his right hand; in his pocket is a paper inscribed 'Bribe'. The hustings is inscribed 'Land of Promise'. Behind it and between his legs is a crowd of heads and hats. In the distance are two lamp-posts; each has a man astride on the lamp-bracket, waving his hat; a dead dog or cat flies through the air. Beneath the oval is inscribed in a rectangle 'Hypocrisy on the Hustings'.  6 April 1784
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1784<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1784-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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