Covent Garden Market Westminster Election 1803 90.276 Paul's church and Covent Garden

Paul's church and Covent Garden

Candidates addressed the boisterous crowds from a stand or 'hustings' erected in front of St Paul's Church

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A young lady dressed as a shepherdess with staff slumps in a sedan chair

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Covent Garden Market Westminster Election 1803 90.276 Paul's church and Covent GardenCovent Garden Market, Westminster Election. Coloured etching and aquatint, The hustings in front of St Paul's Church, with crowds extending to scaffolds and roofs listening to candidates. Parades with pennants showing the names of the parishes St Margaret's Westminster and St Martin's in the Fields can be seen in the foreground.