English: 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.
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The Town and Counrty Magazine, Vol.I, 13 April 1769
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The Town and Counrty Magazine
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