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J.H.Buckingham - "The Pop Shop politician, generally known as the Lawyer..." [Bribery Commission Sketchbook 1851]
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Social History (Museum of St Albans)
  • Prints, watercolours and drawings
"The Pop Shop politician, generally known as the Lawyer. Mr Stockwell, the Eloquent Tailor of Sopwell Lane - Stunning the Commissioners. Question, Let me see Mr Stockwell, you are a lawyer I think. Answer, No Sir I hope I am an honest man". Pencil, green, grey and pink washes. Stockwell at the witness stand giving evidence, top hat in left hand, gesturing with the right; green frock coat. Samuel Stockwell of Sopwell Lane, canvasser for Alderman Carden, the 'purity candidate', bought drink for voters, and not paid £5 for his trouble as expected; Report … into the Existence of Bribery 1852, §9312-43J H Buckingham, [Bribery Commission Sketchbook 1851], [4]
From Buckingham's Bribery Comission sketchbook.
  • pencil line drawing
  • Buckingham, John Henry
1851
  • Victorian (1837 - 1901)
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