An election riot in Covent Garden. On the right is (?) a raised stand for spectators; behind and on the left are the Piazzas. A band of sailors has been routed by men with bludgeons wearing blue and buff. Three wounded sailors lie in the foreground (left).  The bludgeon men are led by two fashionably dressed men; one, who holds his hat, resembles Hanger, the other Townshend. Behind them is a black sailor (cf. BMSat 7369) followed by a crowd with bludgeons. 4 August 1788
<br>Hand-coloured etching
1788<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1788-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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