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Madam Blubber's last shift, or the aerostatic dilly
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827 · April 29, 1784
This caricature pictures the hustings at Covent Garden, with a distant view of Richmond Hill. Madame Blubber has patriotically contrived to convert herself into an air-balloon, for the collection and conveyance of outlying voters, crying, 'This may save him,' an allusion to some incident in the canvass.
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