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A fresh water seller
'All the world's a stage
William Pitt the Younger
in shrieval costume
Wit's last stake... Size:M: 75 x 50cm A fresh water seller'Wit's last stake', 1784. Scene in a poor district of Westminster (Peter Street). The Duchess of Devonshire is canvassing a cobbler. She is supported on Charles James Fox's knee. Fox is giving his right hand to a ragged man, to whom Sam House is holding up a tankard. The duchess was a prominent campaigner on Fox's behalf during the general election of 1784. House was a well known innkeeper who was also a committed supporter of Fox.
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