Wit's last stake... Size:M: 75 x 50cm Group portrait of the 3rd

Group portrait of the 3rd London Rifle Brigade

'All the world's a stage

a mounted guard and horse drawn vehicles

View of Cornwall Terrace

Wit's last stake... Size:M: 75 x 50cm Group portrait of the 3rd'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.