Three stalls in a stable; in one (left) is a pony, in the other two are horses, the names of the animals are inscribed over the mangers: "PONEY", "LIBERTY", and "MONTAGU". They are the three candidates for the borough of Windsor: Penniston Powney, Admiral Keppel, and John Montagu, son of Lord Beaulieu, the two last being the members in the last parliament. In the rack over 'Poney's' head (left) lies a thin man saying "I'll serve Poney, Lord North bed me". In Keppel's stall (centre) a man in military dress lies face downwards in front of the animal saying "I'm hearty in the cause I'll stick at nothing"; in front of this stall a riding-whip and a hat with a cockade lie on the ground. These two are identified by Miss Banks as Colonel Conway (left) and Colonel Egerton, supporters of Powney against Keppel. A man in a long robe and wearing a tie-wig enters the stable from the right; he holds up a forefinger, saying, "Come Colonels damn Liberty lets go poll for the poney's started". He is perhaps one of the Windsor Corporation. Beneath the design is engraved:
<p><br><br>"Poll C------way &amp; Eger------n twice if youre able,
<br>No votes are so Valid as those that are stable.
<br>When ye S------n's [Sovereign's] a mule &amp; the Premier an Ass,
<br>A Poney for Senator surely may pass,
<br>And Stables are Houses &amp; Dwellings of course,
<br>When two of the Voters are two of the Horse."  9 October 1780
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1780<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1780-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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