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Description: The Brentford Sweepstakes, drawing published in en:Town and Country Magazine, satirizing the elections to Parliament of en:John Wilkes when he was four times expelled only to be immediately re-elected, until Parliament declared the runner-up, w:en: Henry Luttrell, 2nd Earl of Carhampton the winner by fiat. The caption to the image reads: All Coursers the first Heat with Vigour Run; but 'tis with Whip & Spur the Race is won. The number "1143" on Wilkes' riderless saddle indicates that he got a majority of the votes.
Title: The Brentford Sweepstakes high
Credit: The Town and Counrty Magazine, Vol.I, 13 April 1769
Author: The Town and Counrty Magazine
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